I get a great deal on UPS shipping through work. For shipments within the US they're great. I didn't know about their policy regarding customs and duties. However, the recipient did save on the shipping cost. Paul
frank theriault wrote: > Never send anything by UPS. > > They're jerks. I've never had anything shipped to me by them where they > haven't tried to screw me. I hate them. > > Whenever I have something sent to me, I always specify, "not by UPS". > > Saying this, I recognize that you may have had no choice, Paul. Or that the > receipient, for some reason beyond my ken, requested shipping by UPS. > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Buying from the US > >Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:50:06 -0500 > > > >I just shipped a lens to a list member in Germany. UPS wouldn't take it > >without > >a declared value and the value had to match the amount I insured the lens > >for. > >Germany charged customs and duty of $55 on a $120 lens. I felt bad about > >this, > >but had no way of anticipating that it would happen. > >Paul > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
