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Date:         Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:49:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fed-Ex and UPS brokerage fees... continued!
Comments: To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <3337.192.168.0.102.1162500875.squirrel@hasenwerk.homeip.net>
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Tell 'em to stuff it.

Mike

On 11/2/06 12:54 PM, "David Marshall" <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> wrote:

> Hi Volks, > This is to further carry on the > thread about the exorbitant fees the UPS and Fed-Ex charge. > In April of this year I bought a 15.50 EUR electrical > device from Europe &ndash; that turns > into $21.11 Canadian after the conversion. > On the bill that I have received, the customs brokers > paid $1.53 in GST on my behalf. Now, in this > life, at least in there is no escaping > death and taxes &ndash; so paying $1.53 in GST is something to expect. > So, for the privilege of them paying $1.53 in taxes > they charged me $43.65 in Brokerage fees, of course on those brokerage > fees I got charged $3.06 in GST &ndash; more than the tax paid on the > original item. > My package was held up for three weeks in customs as > well, so I guess they did a lot of work on the package during that > time. Never once did Fed-Ex call me to ask if > I wanted to clear the package myself and now almost 6 months later I get a > bill demanding that I pay their extortion fee. > What do you think I should do? > I supposed I could always go to Wal-Mart and buy $50 in Monopoly > money and pay them with that? If this went > through the Post Office I would have been charged a flat $5 brokerage fee > and it would have gotten here a lot sooner. > So, to all people shipping goods to &ndash; please > where ever possible use the Post Office! > You&rsquo;ll make some great friend that way! > If you want to see the invoice they gave me please > see here: > > http://www.fastforward.ca/BrokerageInvoice.pdf > > > Cheers! > > David Marshall > > http://www.hasenwerk.ca > http://www.fastforward.ca > >


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