You likely hear about Canada complaints more often due to the shear
volume of consumer products being shipped between US/Canada.
We ship industrial chemicals from US to Canada regularly and it is a
crazy system that even the customs brokerage personnel get confused on.
Canada has has up to four
Sales tax is one thing...and it almost always expected. Brokerage fees
are another. When you buy a $20 item (plus shipping) and get charged an
extra $20 at the door. That's robbery and these couriers are slowly
losing business because we are all wising up to it.
I bought a $175 item from the US v
Fizbin wrote:
> I suppose but when I do a search for brokerage fees, 98% of the
> complaints I read are from Canada.
I often read about complaints from people using couriers for delivery,
mostly online purchases from the US. These are almost always about a
"surprise" fee on delivery because they
Fizbin wrote:
> No where else in the world does DHL charge a handlng (aka cash grab)
> fee. Only Canada. Same goes with UPS and Fedex Ground.
Nope - here as well and there is a hefty minimum charge (used to be
about 50).
