If I were in Canada and you did that to me I'd never order from you again. Poor
bastards gonna end up paying some absurd extra brokerage fee to UPS to get
their stuff. USPS is the ONLY way to ship to Canada.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:54:52 -0400
From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
If I were in Canada and you did that to me I'd never order from you again.
Poor bastards gonna end up paying some absurd extra brokerage fee to UPS
to get their stuff. USPS is the ONLY way to ship to Canada.
There's a long list of fees.
Basic entry prep on a $101 (with shipping) order is $29.
that would be a little psycho of you as he was the one who insisted on
nothing but UPS delivery, but i wouldn't be surprised
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
If I were in Canada and you did that to me I'd never order from you again.
Poor bastards gonna
Gary,
I ship to Canada several times during the year and especially during the
Christmas season. While UPS may seem cheaper, they will PO your customers
because both they and Fedex charge large brokerage fees to simply complete a
form. The USPS does not do this. Therefore, in total USPS is
i usually send stuff USPS to canada as that's what most customers want. on
that rare occasion when a customer insists on UPS, i accommodate them and
just find it amazing how cheap and fast it is on my end, without regard to
the costs on their end. while i won't let them have the dismal chinese
Maybe he works for UPS or a broker so he can avoid fees. I have been
shipping parts to Canada for a lot of years and not once has a customer
chosen UPS over USPS.
Mike
On Sep 20, 2013 9:24 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
that would be a little psycho of you as he was the one who
One can do the brokerage thing, but is is a pain and takes time etc so,
unless one is into doing it on a regular basis, hardly seems worth it -
which is what the couriers want.
I bought a double roller timing chain set for a small block Ford a few
years back from an online supplier in the
On 20/09/2013 11:20 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
and what exactly are they brokering? while my own country is becoming
kind of a third rate third world kinda place, it's still a place where you
just buy stuff and it shows up and there are none of these issues. at
least back when i used to actually
And I believe that in many cases the decision to charge one for duties and fees
is arbitrary and up to the Customs officer.
I say this because there were numerous times I traveled outside the US and
brought back items worth well over the $400 limit. I always listed EVERYTHING I
bought overseas
I haven't driven across since they started requiring a passport. The last time
would have been 2007 I guess. We were at camp and decided to go to the casino
in Pert-Andover. On the way over the Canadian guys ask where we're going
Lucky's to which they reply Leave all your money we all laugh and
i used to go across often 20+ years ago when i lived up at the part of the
world, but i didn't used to cross at touristy crossings at least i tried
not to, so mostly it was just the usual waving and hey, how you doing?
both ways
The last time I went across, I went north with a boat that
some fellas get a little crazy when you give them a uniform and a script.
most know they are just getting another sort of welfare, so it's usually
not too bad
when i was interrogated for 40 minutes by the former sort in homeland
security, i was asked maybe 15 times why i wasn't carrying any
back when i used to mess with watches, i could buy current issue swiss
watches cheaply from switzerland. for 30 bucks i could get them shipped to
me in roughly 2 business day. no one ever asked me for any duty or
brokerage or anything but they just showed up in my mail same as if they
were sent
and what exactly are they brokering? while my own country is becoming
kind of a third rate third world kinda place, it's still a place where you
just buy stuff and it shows up and there are none of these issues. at
least back when i used to actually buy stuff, this was the case.
On Fri, Sep
Yep, 'cause that's what they oughta do.
Wilt
- Original Message -
From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] UPS is fast and cheap to canada
I believe it's due to the USPS being a
i used to go across often 20+ years ago when i lived up at the part of the
world, but i didn't used to cross at touristy crossings at least i tried
not to, so mostly it was just the usual waving and hey, how you doing?
both ways
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:00 PM, m...@voyager.net wrote:
I
why is there no brokerage with the post office?
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
One can do the brokerage thing, but is is a pain and takes time etc so,
unless one is into doing it on a regular basis, hardly seems worth it -
which is what the
The brokerage fee with the post office is the flat $5.
Randy
On 20/09/2013 11:13 AM, WILTON wrote:
Yep, 'cause that's what they oughta do.
Wilt
- Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013
I believe it's due to the USPS being a quasi-governmental agency and having
agreement to work with the destination country's postal service.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
why is there no brokerage with the post office?
On
yes, which is why i had no idea how it cheap it was for me. they all want
USPS. the only other times i've used UPS were for overnights that actually
needed to be there the next day. i'm not even sure USPS offers that to
canada and i'm pretty confident they could not be expected to deliver
I assume the same thing happens in reverse. If you bring things into the
USA from Canada that are made offshore, the USA customs folk will likely
charge you duty.
I've never had anything to declare.
It's been about 15 years since I made the crossing, but from what I
remember, beyond the
i sent a box of about 20lbs to toronto today on standard. shipping was
only 37 bucks. 55 with insurance. i have to think this is a mistake, but
i was told it is expected to be delivered on tuesday
that's a lot cheaper and faster on my end than USPS!
a couple of months ago i overnighted a
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