19 Nov
2005
19 Nov
'05
9:19 p.m.
I've shipped to the US and been shipped innumerable things and the
absolute most reliable and inexpensive method is USPS / Canada Post. In
some cases receipt has been so rapid as to be astonishing, while very very
occasionally things take quite some time. Only once has anything ever been
lost, which unfortunately wasn't insured. Ship with confidence, but the
extra $1 is worth it for insurance.
Regards,
Gord
cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org wrote on 19/11/2005 11:05:51 AM:
border)
> Anyone
with expereince shipping USA to Canada?
That should work, but mail to Canada is
notoriously slow and subject
to random failures.
I've had very good luck with postal service (on both sides of the having run a mail-order business for many years, I
still find it the
best
option in many cases.
Most of the stuff I've had shipped from
Canada was done with UPS,
NEVER ship to Canada via UPS ... ***NEVER***
UPS charges a large "brokerage" fee to the recipient which they clain
is for processing the customs paperwork. Postal service costs nothing
in clearing.
EG: I had a PET shipped up, shipping cost to the sender was $60,
"brokerage fee" I had to pay to receive the machine at my door
was $45.
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