----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Theriault"
Subject: Re: eBay item 1231804090
> On another, related, topic, if you get anything shipped up to
Canada
> from the US, make sure that you specify to send by mail. I
recently had
> a shipper send me an item that I paid under $10 for, ship to
me by UPS.
> They tried to hit me with a Customs Brokerage fee of over
$40!! Guess
> who refused shipment? The Canadian and US Post Offices don't
have to
> pay brokers to get stuff across the border, so while you
sometimes get
> hit with a small duty or excise tax, it's nothing like $40 on
a $10
> item.
This doesn't surprise me in the least. I have long been of the
opinion that UPS Canada is ripping off it's customers with
cross border shipping.
I have had orders shipped via UPS take as long as 6 weeks to be
delivered from New York. The longest the post office has take
has been 17 days from B&H Photo, and they average 10 days. UPS
has averaged a month from NYC on the 3 shipments I have had from
them.
I have bought from KEH, and had them ship via Fed/Ex, as they
won't ship using the post office. Fed/Ex charges a bit more up
front (on the last thing I bought from KEH, it was CAN$60.00
rather than CAN$45.00 viaUPS), but does not charge out an
exorbidant "brokerage fee". They do have to collect Duty,
General Screw Tax and possibly Provincial Screw Tax on shipping
and on the product.
William Robb
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