Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 06:38:51 -0700
Reply-To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject: Re: UPS Canadian brokerage fees-------- again
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There's no way in hell I will give UPS another red cent of mine due to
their brokerage fee practices - they are pure criminals. The post
office is the ONLY way to go.
David Marshall
http://www.hasenwerk.ca
http://www.fastforward.ca
Box
4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2
On Fri, May 18, 2007 02:50,
Frank Condelli wrote:
> In a message dated 17/05/2007 4:11:26 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> I called UPS today, trying to find out about specific
brokerage fee for a
> package I may send to Canada. I got
transfered around, and recieved 4
> different
> telephone
numbers, getting to the bottom of this.I even got the brokerage
>
house in Ottawa Canada. This guy could not give me the price.I started
> thinking
> that they didnt want to give this information
out. Dont want to blow a
> real
> money maker ,up there.
I finally got there with this number
> 1-800-263-8125. The young
UPS lady does know her stuff, and here it is....
> There is NO
UPS
> brokerage fee on items valued at less than $20 Canadian.She
can even give
> you
> the daily exhange rate, on request.
$20 Canadian turns out to be about
> $17.50 US(today). Also the
brokerage fee is included in the shipping
> price for any
> UPS air shippment. So, big deal 20 bucks? What can you buy in
America for
> $20 Canadian? How about a set of stainless steel
screws for the exterior
> of
> your Vanagon?
_http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens_
>
(http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens)
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger, good detective work, thanks !
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
>
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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(Forsale) & Lionel Trains
> (_Collection
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> Systems_
>
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> 2007
>
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