<?xml version="1.0" ?><html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">My experience from the receiving end in Canada is similar. We get regular FedEx shipments, but it's hit and miss - sometimes the charge is minimal (<$50), other times the charge exceeds the value of the goods (>$75 for something valued at $15!!!). Postal seems to be the safest bet as far as charges go.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">On 15 Aug 2003 at 1:19, Budd Premack <bpremack@MN.RR.COM> wrote:</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> I believe your information is correct.  Ship via USPS and indicate that it</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> is a gift.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> I just shipped to Canada via Fedex and got caught with a $25 brokerage fee</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> and  $13 Canadian tax for a $100 valuation.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Use the Post Office!</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Budd Premack</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> 86 Syncro, 88 Wolfsburg</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Land of Sky-Blue Waters</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Minneapolis, MN</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">--</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Shawn Wright</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">'88 Westy 375k</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">'85 Jetta D 263k</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">'85 Jetta TD 482k (retired)</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">~This message sent by Pegasus Mail, the safe E-Mail alternative~</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">"Friends don't let friends use Outlook"</span></font></div> <div align="left"></div> </body> </html> |
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