20 Nov
2005
20 Nov
'05
4:36 p.m.
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:59:07, Joe R. <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
At 12:05 PM 11/19/05 -0500, Allison wrote:
>Anyone with expereince shipping USA to Canada?
Yes... mostly bad.
..."customs broker" charge... UPS in
particular charges a LOT for that.
I had a package get stuck at the border because the sender didn't know
to fill out any paperwork in advance - they wanted $85 USD. I told
them I wasn't paying and what to do with the package (send it back ;-)
I have sent things _to_ Canada via my commercial UPS account, but I
always fill out the customs docs. No hassles on the other end (the
recipient probably pays taxes, but that's a Candian law thing, not a
UPS thing).
I have never had any hassles sending things via Post around the world
- except glacially slow delivery in Canada. At least there are no
unwelcome charges.
-ethan