I don't understand, why is it OK to slander UPS or USPS or FedEx but when we complain about a VW vender everybody gets defensive ? This thread went from poor packaging to this long thread about shipping companies with no problem in flaming them? Is it OK because there so big and our beloved VW vendor are so small? Dan -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Lawrence Johnson Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 5:38 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: UPS shipping
gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET wrote: > There is one thing all Canadians should watch with UPS when getting stuff > from the states and that is the famous UPS brokerage fees. A $500 US order > costs about another $45 US in brokerage fees, plus gst on the value. In my case UPS also collected the 8% PST for the Ontario Government. They are under no legal compulsion to do so - just coercion. > The post office charges a flat $5 CDN for all shipments. And the post office does NOT collect the 8% PST. If I can keep just one Listmember from being ripped off by UPS, I won't feel so bad about what they are doing to me. -Larry |
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