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UPS Charges

slow-poke said:
Shipping to Canada, I avoid UPS like the plague. Way too many times, some trivial package that costs next to nothing has brokerage fees that exceed the value of the actual item. I actually joined a class action against UPS and received multiple compensation cheques. It took me all of about two minutes to join the class action suit.
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I hate UPS. Always the brokerage fees. FEDEX is the way to go.. I have an item coming in next week.. and did not have a choice but UPS... They charged XXX for shipping, but no mention of brokerage fees. I think it may have been included in the price... ???
 
David_R8 said:
It was basically 50/50 split
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So, about $10.00 for their brokerage service, you did fine on that one!

Aburg Rapid Prototype said:
I hate UPS. Always the brokerage fees. FEDEX is the way to go.. I have an item coming in next week.. and did not have a choice but UPS... They charged XXX for shipping, but no mention of brokerage fees. I think it may have been included in the price... ???
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Vendors know Canadians hate UPS too!

They might turn up at the door with their hand out too......I've had that happen. Had a recent experience like that with with FedEx Air also although the fee was only $10.00+tax so I was OK with it. FedEx also rebated me the fee after I questioned it.

D :cool:
 
I had a like new 4” Kurt mill vise shipped from the U.S to me in Calgary. The seller would only ship UPS but it was a great deal so I said OK. He wrote to me thru EBay and said “ don’t worry I have a dodge”. When the package arrived I asked the UPS driver how much I owed him. He said ”nothing is was shipped as a gift”. This was at least 15 years ago, so it may not work now.
 
buckbrush said:
I had a like new 4” Kurt mill vise shipped from the U.S to me in Calgary. The seller would only ship UPS but it was a great deal so I said OK. He wrote to me thru EBay and said “ don’t worry I have a dodge”. When the package arrived I asked the UPS driver how much I owed him. He said ”nothing is was shipped as a gift”. This was at least 15 years ago, so it may not work now.
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I wonder what you get if the seller said he has a Ford or a Toyota??
 
buckbrush said:
I had a like new 4” Kurt mill vise shipped from the U.S to me in Calgary. The seller would only ship UPS but it was a great deal so I said OK. He wrote to me thru EBay and said “ don’t worry I have a dodge”. When the package arrived I asked the UPS driver how much I owed him. He said ”nothing is was shipped as a gift”. This was at least 15 years ago, so it may not work now.
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The Canadian Gov't prior 2007 capped the "gift" exception to Can$60. Currency exchanging from USD to CAD easily put gifts into taxable/brokerage territory
 
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