I'm with David.

The $18.00 brokerage fee on the $20.00 package is why I got myself a mail
service in Blaine for those US suppliers only geared up to ship UPS.

On 10/30/07, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
>
> Just a money making scam - 110%
>
> It costs no more or no less to
> clear a $10 item as it does a $10.000 item.
>
> Canada Post charges
> $5 for a brokerage fee no matter how much the item is.
>
> UPS also charges a fee to pay the tax too and it is also very hard if
> not impossible to appeal their decisions if they make a mistake - you are
> at there mercy.  They are scam artists all the way.
>
> No, I
> am not bitter - just pissed off at UPS for screwing me every chance they
> get...
>
> David Marshall
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> http://www.fastforward.ca
>
> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
> 3J2
>
> On Tue, October 30, 2007 08:41, roger sisler wrote:
> > Here are the figures for UPS brokerage fees charged to shipments
> from the
> > USA to Canada. I contacted UPS Canada at 1-800-263-8125
> and got them.The
> > folks at this number can also give out
> information on dutys, ect.
> >
> >   Figures are in Canadian
> dollars. Figure is for the value of item shipped
> > to Canada.
> >
> >   $0 - $20 no brokerage fees
> >   $20 - $40 @ $18
> brokerage fee
> >   40 - $100 @ $31 brokerage fee
> >   $100
> - $200 @ $42 brokerage fee
> >   $200 - $350 @ $52 brokerage fees
> >
> >   I have found that when shipping heavy items, weighing
> about 100# or
> > more, UPS is still a bit cheaper than the USPS.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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