That was my problem too. I ordered, paid for, priced and installed several sets of vintage-style replacement tuners on early Martins, THEN received the huge bill for brokerage. I might as well have given the tuners away. I deal with Security Mail, 250 H Street, Blaine, Washington 98230 They're good people; tell Denise & Lynn that I sent you. On 10/30/07, Robyn Lundstrom <robyn@trainwire.com> wrote: > > Hi Jake, > > Which mail service do you use? I need to get set up with them, too. > > UPS has a racket going with brokerage fees. That rate chart posted > earlier is only a humorous suggestion of what they may or may not > actually charge you at delivery (or, even more entertainingly, by mail 3 > *months* after the shipment was received, which is what I'm dealing with > right now). > > Robyn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Jake de Villiers > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:31 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: UPS BROKERAGE FEES TO CANADA - RATE CHART > > I'm with David. > > The $18.00 brokerage fee on the $20.00 package is why I got myself a > mail > service in Blaine for those US suppliers only geared up to ship UPS. > [snip] >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/ |
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