Yep, 'cause that's what they oughta do.

Wilt

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com>
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I believe it's due to the USPS being a quasi-governmental agency and having agreement to work with the destination country's postal service.

Dan

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On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote:

why is there no brokerage with the post office?


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote:


One can do the brokerage thing, but is is a pain and takes time etc so,
unless one is into doing it on a regular basis, hardly seems worth it -
which is what the couriers want.
I bought a double roller timing chain set for a small block Ford a few
years back from an online supplier in the USA.
By the time I paid the couier brokerage fees etc, I had paid about 2 o 3
times what I would have paid for it here.
A lesson learned.

Fortunately, I live close enough to the US border to go to ND about
monthly.
I have items shipped to people who act as a middle man near the border.
They receive and hold packages for the sum of $5 and send me an email when
things arrive.
I pick them up on my jaunts to ND and bring them accross the border myself. Usually no duty but i have to pay the sales taxes at the Canadian Customs
office.

The reason people here like the post office to deliver is that the post
office has a flat $5 fee so no huge brokerage costs and often they seem to ignore the sales taxes and sometimes the whole thing and just drop off the
package with no extra charges.

Randy


On 20/09/2013 10:03 AM, Michael Canfield wrote:

Maybe he works for UPS or a broker so he can avoid fees.  I have been
shipping parts to Canada for a lot of years and not once has a customer
chosen UPS over USPS.

Mike
On Sep 20, 2013 9:24 AM, "Gary Hurst" <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote:

that would be a little psycho of you as he was the one who insisted on
nothing but UPS delivery, but i wouldn't be surprised


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

If I were in Canada and you did that to me I'd never order from you
again.

Poor bastards gonna end up paying some absurd extra "brokerage fee" to
UPS

to get their stuff. USPS is the ONLY way to ship to Canada.

-Curt


Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:54:52 -0400
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i sent a box of about 20lbs to toronto today on "standard".  shipping
was
only 37 bucks. 55 with insurance. i have to think this is a mistake,
but

i was told it is expected to be delivered on tuesday

that's a lot cheaper and faster on my end than USPS!

a couple of months ago i overnighted a fairly substantial part to canada
via UPS and it was only about 80 dollars and arrived about 16 hours
after
it was shipped.

it's impressive although most canadians do not like to be shipped via
UPS
as it seems to cost them some additional fees or something

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