Hi:
I had the same experience as Rusty going the other way. A shipment from the
US came via a courier and I was dinging with a brokerage fee that was higher
than the value of the shipment.. it is plain old gouging. now I always ask
that they ship via the post office. it's slower but we S scalers are used to
good things taking time. I'm surprised the Cdn supplier didn't warn you
about the extra charges. plus if you aren't home when the courier calls, you
are into a game of hide and seek getting the g.d. thing delivered.
cheers
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From: thebentnail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:33 AM
Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] Canadian Shipments Pricing
> In June I purchased 4 of the "S" Canadian manufactured kits. I
> was offered to have them shipped via United Parcel Service and I
> agreed, I also knew at the time of purchase that my credit card
> company would charge an "Exchange fee" {$8.00 US} and that there was
> a cost for the shipping. The supplier offered to pay the shipping
> since the order came to roughly $250.00CN, that was nice of him.
> When I received my package and invoice from UPS the receipt showed
> that the shipping charges were prepaid, so far, very good!
> Yesterday I received a bill from UPS for $28.50 US, UPS called it
> there "Brokerage Fee" I looked into this and discovered that I now
> actually owe this hidden charge. I also know of one other "S" scaler
> that got dinged for the same surcharge.
> I would strongly advise anyone buying items out of Canada too ask
> many, many questions before purchasing anything. I know I will never
> ship via UPS again. Oh, how happy I would be if I had purchased just
> one kit and had to pay the $28.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> Ranting Rusty
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