Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 21:50:34 -0700
Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Beware!
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Both Fed-Ex and UPS offer international services that INCLUDE brokerage
fees. But, you pay for this "service" - BIG TIME! Shipping via the post
office is the cheapest for the customer - I have found that UPS takes
*LONGER* to go across a boarder than Canada Post Ground Service - a fact
that few of my customer believe for some strange reason.
At 23:15 16/05/1999 -0500, Roy O. wrote:
>Generally speaking, unless your shipment is coming via parcel post,
>Canadians ordering anything from the U.S. should insist that the vendor
indicate
>on the package that the customer will clear the shipment through customs.
This
>will eliminate paying the obscene customs brokerage fees charged by companies
>like UPS and FedEx. It's not difficult to clear shipments through customs.
You
>don't need a broker to do it. Keep your money in your own pocket...it feels
>better.
>
>I learned my lesson the hard way, too.
>
>Roy O.
>'87 Westfalia
>('till death do us part)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: paul banks <paulbanks@NLLFAN.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 9:29 AM
>Subject: Beware!
>
>
>|For all those that wish to buy products and ship them to Canada in
general, and
>those that buy specifically from Euro-American Products (Delta Six) should be
>aware of potential problems.
>|
>|I recently purchased some camper parts from Euro-American that needed to be
>shipped to Toronto. The vendor insisted on shipping it UPS although I had
some
>fears that UPS charges some extra fees for Canadian shipments. I was assured
>that I would not have any extra payments upon delivery.
>|
>|To my dismay I was presented a bill from UPS that included a $31 fee (on
a $100
>order) for 'brokering' my package across the border. The fee was
explained as
>$15 for paying my duty and sales tax up-front, $10 for having the driver
collect
>the money and a $6 finance charge (all this for $12 in duty and sales
tax!). How
>ridiculous is this? Compare this to using the US postal service and being
>charged nothing!!!
>|
>|I should note that I left a message on Euro-American voicemail telling him
>about this situation. I thought he should know as I requested he use the
postal
>service in the first place. To be honest I was also hoping he would offer to
>give me a deal on a future order since his actions led to this problem.
However,
>he has not deemed it necessary to return my phonecall.
>|
>|I guess the lesson to be learned from this for Canadian listmembers is to
>insist that US orders be shipped by the postal service. Don't let the
vendor tal
>k you into using a courier service just because it is more convenient for
their
>business.
>|
>|
>|
>|Paul Banks
>|'89 Vanagon Westfalia
>|
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>|
>
>
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