Tell 'em to stuff it.

Mike

On 11/2/06 12:54 PM, "David Marshall" <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> wrote:

> Hi Volks,
> This is to further carry on the
> thread about the exorbitant fees the UPS and Fed-Ex charge.
> In April of this year I bought a 15.50 EUR electrical
> device from Europe &ndash; that turns
> into $21.11 Canadian after the conversion.
> On the bill that I have received, the customs brokers
> paid $1.53 in GST on my behalf.  Now, in this
> life, at least in  there is no escaping
> death and taxes &ndash; so paying $1.53 in GST is something to expect.
> So, for the privilege of them paying $1.53 in taxes
> they charged me $43.65 in Brokerage fees, of course on those brokerage
> fees I got charged $3.06 in GST &ndash; more than the tax paid on the
> original item.
> My package was held up for three weeks in customs as
> well, so I guess they did a lot of work on the package during that
> time.  Never once did Fed-Ex call me to ask if
> I wanted to clear the package myself and now almost 6 months later I get a
> bill demanding that I pay their extortion fee.
> What do you think I should do?
> I supposed I could always go to Wal-Mart and buy $50 in Monopoly
> money and pay them with that?  If this went
> through the Post Office I would have been charged a flat $5 brokerage fee
> and it would have gotten here a lot sooner.
> So, to all people shipping goods to  &ndash; please
> where ever possible use the Post Office!
> You&rsquo;ll make some great friend that way!
> If you want to see the invoice they gave me please
> see here:
>
> http://www.fastforward.ca/BrokerageInvoice.pdf
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> David Marshall
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> http://www.fastforward.ca
>
>