Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:24:39 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Canadian Picking up a FedEx'd Vanagon Part in US.
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Dear shippee
Getting stuff shipped via fed ex is a good choice if you are in Canada -- u may end up with a brokerage fee it is hard to say-- in our town on the west coast fed ex uses Canada post to deliver locally --
Important caution ... Never use the brown guys UPS to ship to canada from anywhere .... They use customs brokers who are out and out thieves and they will often charge you brokerage fees on top of of duty and the UPS brokerage fees are often double the original price of the item on smaller items .... That has been my experience and the experiance of others in this town ... With using UPS
--- now if you can use united states postal service USPS then you are good to go Canada post picks up from them and delivers to you with no fees extra other than the duty charges which may or may not be applied as the customs agent exercises their discretion ... If you find you are getting a lot of packages from USA best to get yourself a postal box in the USA ... There are lots of people in Canada who do this ...
And lastly the brown guys UPS are very good in USA delivery and have. I comment on what. CAnadian ustoms brokerage houses do ....
Last year UPS tried to charge me 50$ on the delivery of a book that was a gift -- I told them when they called to see who would they send the bill to that if there was any extra charge I would send the package back with our even opening it ... The girl asked me about 50 different ways if it was a gift ... Finally I got pissed and said they could just send the book. Ack if they were going to be stupid about it... A few days later the book arrived and tucked inside the package was a seperate bill for 50$ customs fees ... I called them and asked what that was all about and the. We person I spoke with had no idea what I was talking about -- said that any fees must have been waived --- soooo --- go fed ex or USPS or get. I'd in USA
Regards
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On 2012-09-17, at 4:31 PM, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> This is an overly pre cautious question, but since I'm a Canadian......
>
> Vendor says they ship FedEx Ground to any US address. I assume a FedEx
> outlet counts.
>
> If I have tracking number, ID, proof of purchase, I should be able to
> pickup my package at that FedEx address right?
>
> Any Canadians done this?
>
> This is for a TruckFridge for my Westy.
>
> Neil.
>
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