On 9/11/2012 9:43 PM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote:
Given a choice, I always go USPS to my PO Box. It is fast and cheap. The
PO Box takes a day or two off the delivery and one less carrier to ruin
the shipment.
I used to do this a lot. Then the USPS delivered one of my packages to
the
In message 505085c2.80...@irtelemetrics.com, Dan Kemppainen writes:
Btw, can I propose a bit of self-help here ?
I have started to put things like good packing for intl. shipment
in my feedback to sellers, if this is warranted.
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On 12 September 2012 03:03, Mark Spencer mspencer12...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Nope.. In my experience importing typical time nuts items into Canada Fedex
in Canada charges a signficant brokerage fee that is typically many times
higher than fees charged by other carriers
Since I have the paperwork
That is such a large barrier to entry for someone like me that I would
never be able to move to the UK!
Sep 12, 2012 09:20:16 AM, time-nuts@febo.com wrote:
On 12 September 2012 03:03, Mark Spencer wrote:
Nope.. In my experience importing typical time nuts items into
That was part of the reason I suggested parting the busted unit out. It's
already behind the VAT wall.
-John
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That is such a large barrier to entry for someone like me that I would
never be able to move to the UK!
Sep 12, 2012 09:20:16 AM, time-nuts@febo.com wrote:
With regards to Fedex I have a signifcant issue with the brokerage fees that
Fedex in Canada charges to deal with customs clearance issues and collect taxes
and duties. I now usually decline to purchase items from sellers who insist
on using Fedex.
It's so silly. Yesterday I was flying a small plane near the Canadian
border and even from a couple thousand feet there is no change visible
in the surface of the Earth from one side to another. It is such an
artificial distinction, and all of a sudden these people who are
The customs fees and provincial and federal taxes are Canadian government
issues. Take it up with your MP. IMO, Canada Customs are a real PITA.
-John
With regards to Fedex I have a signifcant issue with the brokerage fees
that Fedex in Canada charges to deal with customs
of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Fedex Was Be aware of test equipment seller
The customs fees and provincial and federal taxes are Canadian government
issues. Take it up with your MP. IMO, Canada Customs are a real PITA.
-John
I used to summer in the Thousand Islands, in the St. Lawrence on the
Ontario/New York border. You could cross a patch of water 20 feet wide and
go from one country to another. There was an International Bridge about
10 feet long.
There were customs posts in every village. It was totally nuts.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 06:05:11PM -0700, J. Forster wrote:
The customs fees and provincial and federal taxes are Canadian government
issues. Take it up with your MP. IMO, Canada Customs are a real PITA.
Or just use USPS.
It's not so much an issue with customs, as an issue with
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