Yes, as a customer your obliged to pay the fees. If you refuse they might send it pack to PES or destroy the item(s).Wow!! As the customer are we obliged to pay the fees, what would happen if I refused?! I'm assuming I wouldn't get a refund for an undelivered order?
I have spoken to customs, wasn't sure who to call...FedEx directly or somewhere else :/
I would call fedex customer support. Check with them.
PES used to send shipping with USPS, shipped as a gift and declared low. That almost all times makes it through the customs. They seem to have stopped doing that though.