damn brokage fees

**Siggiepop** · 03-28-2008 12:05 PM

just a small rant but ARGH i hate UPS and import charges!

**drmarcj** · 03-28-2008 12:12 PM

Totally sucks. Never had this problem with US Postal Service. I don't understand why some companies will ONLY ship UPS.

**Siggiepop** · 03-28-2008 12:20 PM

i don't know... the stuff i buy off here are usually off the group buys and 90% american sites. Canada doesn't have very much of a tuning market for the Euro and if you do find it its mad expensive. i hear UPS /DHL have import charges.

**gtimart** · 03-28-2008 01:48 PM

You are right, brokerage fees are pretty bad especially with UPS. I don't know in which order the others appear, but USPS is the best for brokerage fees in my opinion. They charge close to nothing, and on some of my deliveries I wasn't evevn charged local taxes either

Every time I can I request that USPS be used for shipping.

**Siggiepop** · 03-28-2008 04:37 PM

yeah it but once it gets to the customs over here they use UPS over there its USPS but i definately love USPS

**A4TL** · 03-28-2008 06:40 PM

just smudge some dirt on them and write "Returning to usa for warranty services"

or write used and make them dirty and make them worth $1

usps doesn't care. ups and fedex are the ones who will get ya every time.

and its not on you; since you didn't declare the value :)

**986Jim** · 03-29-2008 07:19 AM

The problem is UPS picks up from the sellers location where USPS they have to see a post office to send it. So for large retailers unless they have a setup with USPS they have to physically goto a post office. You can get USPS to pickup but in the continental USA UPS is really cheap and they pickup from your business so domestically its the way to go. So why setup a whole other shipping method for a country which represents 5% (or less) of your total sales? So they don't bother.

Pisses me off to, for sure. I always have stuff shipped USPS whenever possible. Generally you get that options quite oftin on ebay so I buy a lot of stuff from there only for that reason.

**audipotential** · 03-29-2008 07:21 AM

Siggie I could have told you that. I find USPS is better (Canada post here)

**gtimart** · 03-29-2008 08:37 AM

Getting the sender to write "gift" on the box won't always work, shops won't do it most of the times.
Also, writing a small value on the box makes you lose both the shipping insurance and could give you problems in a potential legal action if you have problems.

**ehfour** · 03-29-2008 08:57 AM

If you pay for Express shipping, you will not have to pay any brokerage fees.

Just GST/PST

**drmarcj** · 03-29-2008 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by ehfour

If you pay for Express shipping, you will not have to pay any brokerage fees.

Just GST/PST

I disagree - I've been burned by that before when they shipped it next-day FedEx. Got a bill in the mail a few weeks later for $60.

**Siggiepop** · 03-29-2008 10:37 AM

hmm thanks for the info here but yeah i try to buy things odd ebay mainly but sometimes only the sites have what i want. =/ as of late there isn't anything i need to buy from the US so everything else i can get here