There's no way in hell I will give UPS another red cent of mine due to
their brokerage fee practices - they are pure criminals.  The post
office is the ONLY way to go.

David Marshall

http://www.hasenwerk.ca
http://www.fastforward.ca

Box
4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

On Fri, May 18, 2007 02:50,
Frank Condelli wrote:
> In a message dated 17/05/2007 4:11:26 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> 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_
>
(http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens)
>
>
>

>
>
> Roger, good detective work,  thanks !
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
>
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg
(Forsale) & Lionel Trains
> (_Collection
> for sale_
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> Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)  -
> Vanagon/Vanagon
> Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley_
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> Systems_
>
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>
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event,
> Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10,
> 2007
>