I'm with you --- don't get me started on the thieves at UPS and their huge
and impossible to determine brokerage fees. I got dinged $60 brokerage on a
$50 item (that was my first experience with UPS and also damn near my first
experience at online shopping form the US). I am now very careful about
brokerage --- USPS is the way to go --- if your vendor ships UPS then Caveat
Emptor.

Cheers,
Doug

On 5/17/07, jdd <johndillon@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> tell that to all of us who have ordered $50.00 worth of stuff to get stung
> by a $40.00 brokerage fee .. sure $20.00 or $40.00 or $60.00 isn't going
> to
> break anyone .. but when you have to pay the purchase price for your
> article - IMO - it is just stupid to ship UPS when you can ship USPS.
>
> jdd
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "roger sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:25 PM
> Subject: UPS Canadian brokerage fees-------- again
>
>
> > I called UPS today, trying to find out about specific brokerage fee for
> a
> > package I may send to Canada. I got transfered around, and recieved 4
> > different telephone numbers, getting to the bottom of this.I even got
> the
> > brokerage house in Ottawa Canada. This guy could not give me the price.I
> > started thinking that they didnt want to give this information out. Dont
> > want to blow  a real money maker ,up there. I finally got there with
> this
> > number  1-800-263-8125. The young UPS lady does know her stuff, and here
> > it is.... There is NO UPS brokerage fee on items valued at less than $20
> > Canadian.She can even give you the daily exhange rate, on request. $20
> > Canadian turns out to be about $17.50 US(today). Also the brokerage fee
> is
> > included in the shipping price for any UPS air shippment. So, big deal
> 20
> > bucks? What can you buy in America for $20 Canadian? How about a set of
> > stainless steel screws for the exterior of your Vanagon?
> > http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens
> >
> >
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