> On another, related, topic, if you get anything shipped up to Canada
> from the US, make sure that you specify to send by mail. I recently had
> a shipper send me an item that I paid under $10 for, ship to me by UPS.
> They tried to hit me with a Customs Brokerage fee of over $40!! Guess
> who refused shipment? The Canadian and US Post Offices don't have to
> pay brokers to get stuff across the border, so while you sometimes get
> hit with a small duty or excise tax, it's nothing like $40 on a $10
> item.
No one has to pay Canada Customs a "brokerage fee" - it is just UPS' way
of screwing us over. They're charging you this fee because they had to pay
the duties for you ahead of time when the package went through customs.
Can Post just charges a flat $5 handling fee to get it across.
So it's best to use USPS. A side benefit is that if you get ripped off, it
is considered mail fraud which is a felony.
Regards,
Gerald
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