Geez, what a ripoff. Maybe you could get some bigger US company or trade org
to bring a NAFTA complaint against the Canadian postoffice and UPS for
interfering with free trade. Seriously.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:12:15AM -0700, Gary Lee wrote:
> re. Nafta Shafta
> >I thought the point of NAFTA was that you would no longer have to pay any
> >customs between US/CAN??
>
> >So what's wrong with the Canadian side?
>
> As far as bringing stuff into Canada, there may be little or no Duty, but
> there still is GST, PST and Brokerage fees.
> Canada Post charges a flat $5.00 brokerage fee, regardless of declared
> value.  UPS charges about $20 and up, even for a $21 item.
>
> Sales tax is applicable to almost everything we buy in Canada.  There is no
> Duty anymore, because of Nafta, but the shipping companies
> levy a fee (brokerage) for the service of telling us how much sales tax to
> pay.
> UPS brokerage fees seem to be out of line for small value items brought into
> canada.
>
> I would like to see the minimum personal tax free exemption raised.
>
> Gary Lee
> http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm

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