UPS motto:

"What we don't destroy in shiping, we lose, guaranteed, overnight."


"m II" wrote in message
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Conan Ford wrote:
I emailed a seller who is selling the ICF-SW7600GR, asking about
shipping
to Canada. His response?

"Hello,
shipping will be $45plus canadian custom and duties.
however brockage fee and taxes must be paid up front."


My response:

"No, no, I didn't mean for same day air. How much for ordinary
shipping?"

...

Now I know that he means to charge me $45 + brokerage fees + customs
(about
$60) and ship it ground or as a small parcel by air, taking either 4
weeks
or 10 days to deliver, and earning him a tidy profit on just the
shipping
costs. I also know that I could ship this same radio to the United
States,
in its full box, for $30 Canadian, with delivery within 2-3 days, or $15
with delivery within 10 days.



UPS is the worst offender. They take payment for shipping from the sender.
That's normal. When they deliver the the package in Canada, they charge
again. I
once paid around forty dollars shipping for an eBay oscilloscope 'win'.
When the
package got here, it was ANOTHER seventy dollars. Some bargain. If it
wasn't a
Tektronix 7904 I would have told them to keep it (in an unsunlit place).

United Parcel Service turn into thieves as soon as they cross the border.
I
won't buy anything shipped via UPS any more.

The postal services of both countries have been pretty good, though. They
have a
postal money order agreement between them, with low charges. You can cash
the
order in most postal outlets. Convenient. You have to tell the postal
person
that it's an international money order, going to the US or Canada to get
the
right form. If you don't tell them, you will get the wrong form and the
thing is
uncashable.

mike