Yeah, that is the situation i was confronted today in the morning when the UPS guy was waiting for me to pay...I had to run to the ATM to get the cash...it's just stupid that they can not estimate roughly how much custom is charged...they really believe I can Sh** money on the spot...
You could have estimated it yourself:
Item + shipping was 180 dollar
tax here is 21% so (((1.21*180)-180)+ 20 for ups) = 58 U.S. dollars = 43.47 Euros