Date:         Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:50:11 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: shipping a Vanagon tow hitch-a saga
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In a message dated 26/01/2005 12:09:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Beware!  It may seem so, until the CDN recipient gets an invoice in the mail
10  days
later for $30-40 brokerage fees, and GST+duty!


This is the reason you should never have  anything shipped into Canada by a
courier service.  Use the normal Postal  system !  If the shipper refuses to
send the item by the Postal system then  you gotta bite the bullet or look for
another supplier who is willing to take  the item to the Post Office.  They all
like using the courier services  'cauze the items are picked up at their
location.  All shippers want paid for doing the Customs  Declarations, AKA
brokerage fees, Canada Post included, BUT charges way,  WAY, less, $5 or maybe it's
just gone up a few bucks, I don't remember right  now !  You still have to pay
the taxes either way.  One good side  note of using Canada Post is that some
shipments every now and then slip by  without any charges for some unknown
reason.  This will never ever happen  with any of the courier services.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
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