[s-cars] Shipping to Canada via UPS...don't do it!

[Achint Sandhu]

Ship using USPS (United States Postal Service) if you can. They have a deal 
with Canada post and you don't get tagged brokerage. Same goes for shipping 
the other way, use Canada Post and things work great.

I've just about had it with UPS too.....

Also if you can get a sympathetic retailer to tag the package warranty 
replacement, you don't get charged duty or taxes.

Cheers,
Achint

On January 09, 2004 09:38, A Ma wrote:
> Robin,
>
> This exact issue came up on another forum I'm on. Brokerage is charged by
> every courier company shipping from the US to Canada. Rates do vary though.
> Here's a link to the whole thing
>
> http://pub189.ezboard.com/fcanadiannationalmiataclubfrm7.showMessage?topicI
>D=92.topic
>
> Selected excerpt:
>
> "...Brokerage is only charged on items crossing the border (US to Canada).
> This is to cover time and effort by the courier to go through the import
> paperwork. That's why you can get around this by doing the paperwork
> yourself (if you want to spend the time to head downtown, park, wait in
> line at Customs, fill out the forms, have them filed, bring the copies down
> to the courier company and ship your own stuff to your own door
> yourself)..."
>
> The brokerage fee you're paying includes the following: brokerage based on
> the value of shipment, disbursement fee (for pre-paying the GST owed on the
> shipment), C.O.D., GST on the shipment & GST on the brokerage, disbursement
> & C.O.D.
>
> Alvin93S4
>
> >From: Robin Stoddard <rstoddard at shaw.ca>
> >To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >Subject: [s-cars] Shipping to Canada via UPS...don't do it!
> >Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:32:01 -0700
> >
> >Just in case there are any Canadian's out there thinking of ordering those
> >parts as a late Christmas present to themselves.  Do not, I repeat do not
> >use a company that only uses UPS for their delivery's!
> >
> >I ordered $755 in parts from a certain company who charged a shipping fee
> >of $79.14; total bill $834.14...Okay I can handle that, but wait, that's
> >not the end of it, hang on to your shorts or I should say your wallet!
> >
> >When the UPS guy arrives at my door with the parts, he wants an additional
> >$148! (brokerage fee for all their hard work). WTF!  No warning, nothing
> >saying that bill was coming.  So with nobody home, this guy leaves 2 of
> > the 3 boxes and writes a note that pretty much says that they are holding
> > the 3rd box hostage until they get their $148.  And that I am to leave a
> > cheque in the mailbox for him when he feels like delivering the 3rd box.
> >
> >Robin, being mugged by UPS in Calgary AB
> >96S6
> >
> >
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