Hi, James, Was the winder sent by UPS or some other courier? If so, NEVER EVER have anything sent cross-border by anything other than by US Postal! I always specify that, ever since UPS tried to charge me the same amount ($48) for "brokerage" on a cycling jersey that I paid about $12US for on eBay.
Never did see the jersey, but I wasn't about to give that amount to those UPS bandits! regards, frank jmadams wrote: > I have had one or two problems with items sent from the USA, a Ricoh Winder > from Ebay for which I paid $35US, and the sender eventually labelled after > several emails, she sent it as having a value of $100 It had been returned > by Canadian Customs for having no customs declaration. As a result I got > charged $48CDN Brokerage and Customs duty, plus PST and GST. If the seller > feels pissed off, all I can say is beware. > > I just got a bill for $13.98 duty for a battery($46US) I ordered for my > Mitsubishi Diacam Video Camera. I can't complain, the camera came in a large > Optex Video Bag for $9.95 from the Salvation Army Thrift Store in North > Vancouver. I repaired the camera and it has provided hours of fun for my > kids. -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
