We uploaded the new DHL prices with the
DHL energy-surcharge of 1.25%,
DHL peak-surcharge (every year for November+December) and the
changed DHL Maut+CO2 surcharge for taking effect tomorrow morning.
DHL raising shipping price surcharge for December
Starting with December, DHL raises it’s „CO2+Maut surcharge“ from 0,06€ to 0.18€ per parcel.
At least the „Energy Surcharge“ stays at the 1.25% introduced for November.
Given that we try to not charge more then what we actually pay for shipping (including packaging), we will change our DHL prices for December accordingly.
DHL adds Energy-Surcharge again for November
These last few month DHL didn’t have an „Energy-Surcharge“.
Starting with November, DHL wants an additional 1.25% again.
So be advised to better order this week or pay a few cent more.
Also (like every year since it’s introduction)
for the Month of November and December the new „Peak Surcharge“ of +0,19€ is in effect.
New DHL prices for October
We just received the new DHL prices for October.
No major surprises. We have prepared the new prices for the shop and will upload them, when the time comes.
…after Eurofurence is in the past and we had time to collapse from complete exhaustion that is.
They no longer give a comprehensive list of all their surcharges in the price list.
This makes it quite complicated.
The Energy-Surcharge gets lowered to 0.
DHL hinted that the Maut+CO2 surcharge may be lowered in a few month.
No mention if the Brexit surcharge is still in place and if it applies to Northern Ireland zip-codes.
The list of international crisis surcharges is still online, so they are likely still in effect.
Sweden and Finnland are still and additional +4.3eur for parcels to be delivered to the door instead of a closest drop-point.
Also… after cancelling our postbox themself (remodelling the post office building),
they tried to deliver the new prices to that post box. So their own research department had to figure out who to deliver it to.
DHL removed Entergy Surcharge
The monthly changing „Energy Surcharge“ introduced by DHL at the beginning of this year,
was reduced to 0% for this and the next month.
We have lowered our DHL shipping prices for Germany accordingly
Updated DHL surcharges
We implemented the updated DHL surcharges for the month of May in the YiffyToys shop.
Note that these are only surcharges that DHL charges on top of the regular shipping prices.
To be completely fair to everyone and charge exactly what DHL charges.
(Because if we don’t, ultimately all customers together pay the difference.)
Energy surcharge
DHL reduces the „energy surcharge“ from 2.50% to 1.25% as the effects of the Russian war in the Ukraine diminishes.
This surcharge is published by DHL monthly.
Crisis fees
DHL lowers the „crisis fee“ for:
- Australia from 3,70€/Kg to 3,50€/Kg,
- Canada from 2,05€/Kg to 1.95€/Kg,
- USA from 2.35€/Kg to 2.15€/Kg
- Chile from 3,9€ to 2,8€,
… It’s a long list.
They also lower the „crisis fees“ for some entire lists of countries like „zone 4“ from 1.5€/Kg to 0.35€/Kg
DHL Sweden+Finnland fuckup
„am 20.04.2023 haben wir Sie über die Berechnung der Haustürzustellungen in Schweden und Finnland seit
Januar 2023 informiert. Dabei ist uns leider ein Fehler unterlaufen.
Die Zusatzkosten für eine Haustürzustellung werden Ihnen entsprechend Ihrer aktuellen Preiskonditionen
bereits ab Januar 2023 für eingelieferte DHL Paket International Premium Sendungen in Rechnung gestellt
und nicht wie fälschlicherweise kommuniziert erst ab dem 01.05.2023.“
DHL wrote that they informed people on the 20th of April about a new fee for Sweden and Finnland effective since January. …spot the mistake.
DHL updates in shop
We updated to a new major version of the DHL integration.
(After fiddling with dependencies for a while.)
For customers, the following changes should be visible:
- On the pickup location finder map in checkout, if available, show description of the building/facility etc. a service point is located within.
- Select „Named Person Only“ service with DHL Paket National shipments.
- Select „No Neighbor Delivery“ service with DHL Paket National shipments.
DHL „Energy Surcharge“ stable
Looks like the DHL „Energy Surcharge“ stays stable at 2.5% and we don’t have to adjust our DHL shipping prices for Aril.
We will however be able to ever so slightly lower them for May.
https://www.dhl.de/de/geschaeftskunden/paket/leistungen-und-services/energiezuschlag.html
DHL Probleme
Eine ganze Ladung an Paketen, die am 5.1.2017 an DHL übergeben wurden,
erschien nicht im Tracking.
Heute 12:23 wurden diese anscheinend alle im Paketzentrum Lahr gefunden und eingescannt.
Sie dürften sich jetzt auf den regulären Weg machen.
new 2023 DHL prices
We have activated the new DHL prices in the YiffyToys shop.
Some prices have gone down, som up.
The majority of you will pay a slightly lower price when selecting „DHL“ as the shipping method in checkout.
Update
Sorry, we forgot the 12ct „toll+CO2 surcharge“ and the new „energy-surcharge“ in the new DHL pricelist.
Luckily the November+December surcharge doesn’t apply anymore
but we will have to regularly update to apply the monthly changing „energy-surcharge“ that DHL charges.