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

[Vincent Frégeac]

Robin,

It's to the point that, when I ordered my tires - to big to be shipped
by USPS, I asked the UPS guy if I can give the UPS warehouse as an
address as I always end up there to pick up my stuff myself. Hopefully,
everything smaller than a full set of tires can be shipped without the
"help" of UPS!



Vincent.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Robin Stoddard
Envoyé : 12 janv. 2004 22:58
À : s-car-list at audifans.com
Objet : Re: [s-cars] Shipping to Canada via UPS...don't do it!


So today's update; all parts were ordered from various companies on Dec 
31st:
- USPS:  Received the parts today, no extra brokerage fee,
duty...nothing.
- FedEx:  Shipping still in progress.
- Direct order from Audi Dealership:  Received  on the 9th
- UPS:   They still haven't figured out what they are in business for!?

To make a long story short; different driver on Friday doesn't know to 
look in the mailbox for cheque (as per their own notes & instructions) 
and leaves another note saying that they will attempt to deliver again 
today.  So here it is, today, and I still don't have the 3rd box.  So I 
call UPS to complain; the lady I talked to says that the package 'just 
arrived this morning', and so my response was 'then WTF did the driver 
attempt to deliver on Friday then?!'  'Oh', she says then, 'I see it 
arrived last Wed'.  By the end of the conversation I tell her that since

their drivers are incapable of delivering packages, to hold onto the 
package and that I will pick up the box myself.  So, any bets on that 
they will ship the part back to it's point of origin saying that they 
could not deliver it?  ;)

Cheers
Robin
96S6

Achint Sandhu wrote:

>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?t
opicI
>>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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