Purchasing Stuff from US into Canada via UPS and other "couriers"

Tootsall · 10-25-2006, 10:32 AM

In the past I've been hit with this same service fee levied by UPS. It's a shocker. When I've complained about it they say that it is "to pay brokerage fees and the cost of initially advancing the money to pay any import duty and GST (tax)". At times this "brokerage fee" can exceed the value of the shipment. I've since taken the practice of insisting that the goods be shipped "USPS" or else I'll do business elsewhere (Music123.com, take note*). Here's what one person in BC is doing about it!

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/061024/K102418U.html

Brian H. Smout · 10-25-2006, 01:12 PM

Hi All,

Ed's right on the money, as it were. Shippers, when you send something by UPS,
the shipping cost which you pass on to the buyer only gets the item as far as the US/Canada border. Big Brown then tacks on a "brokerage" fee plus the usual taxes and then has the colossal nerve to recharge another fee to deliver the item the buyer has already paid initial shipping costs for. Please send us stuff by USPS. That way we don't have to pay duplicate shipping and "brokerage" fees.
Thanks from the Great White North.

Cheers,

Brian

NYTC · 10-25-2006, 04:25 PM

It is a killer,I know from own experience.
I get shipments from all over the World,and these "fees" are killing me.
Fedex,UPS,DHL,all the same.
I get to pay a brokerage fee,export tax,Customs fee,extra delivery charge...
You get the idea.
Not fair.
And then there is a "sales tax" at the end of the year.

Vulgano Brother · 10-25-2006, 05:24 PM

Use USPS for Europe too. And, if the recipient can return the item, perhaps mark it as a sample or such, or list the dealer's cost, not what the customer pays on the Customs form.

Happy Canuck · 10-25-2006, 08:06 PM

It certainly can be shocking when we in Canada get a courier package and see/pay the high fees.

Like Ed, I've gone to stating "send US Postal Service Global Express". The mailing fee is fair but you still get a tracking number and when it comes into Canada, Canada Post handles it and you get charged only $5.00 for handling + what ever the GST might be. Works well every time now!

10-25-2006, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tootsall Fortissimo User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yee HAW! Posts: 4,641	Purchasing Stuff from US into Canada via UPS and other "couriers" In the past I've been hit with this same service fee levied by UPS. It's a shocker. When I've complained about it they say that it is "to pay brokerage fees and the cost of initially advancing the money to pay any import duty and GST (tax)". At times this "brokerage fee" can exceed the value of the shipment. I've since taken the practice of insisting that the goods be shipped "USPS" or else I'll do business elsewhere (Music123.com, take note*). Here's what one person in BC is doing about it! http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/061024/K102418U.html

10-25-2006, 01:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brian H. Smout Pianissimo User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Swift Current, Sask. Canada Posts: 127	Hi All, Ed's right on the money, as it were. Shippers, when you send something by UPS, the shipping cost which you pass on to the buyer only gets the item as far as the US/Canada border. Big Brown then tacks on a "brokerage" fee plus the usual taxes and then has the colossal nerve to recharge another fee to deliver the item the buyer has already paid initial shipping costs for. Please send us stuff by USPS. That way we don't have to pay duplicate shipping and "brokerage" fees. Thanks from the Great White North. Cheers, Brian __________________ "Swift Current - where we're neither swift nor current"

10-25-2006, 04:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
NYTC Forte User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brooklyn,NY Posts: 1,062	It is a killer,I know from own experience. I get shipments from all over the World,and these "fees" are killing me. Fedex,UPS,DHL,all the same. I get to pay a brokerage fee,export tax,Customs fee,extra delivery charge... You get the idea. Not fair. And then there is a "sales tax" at the end of the year. __________________ www.NewYorkTrumpetCompany.com Stage 1 Trumpets

10-25-2006, 05:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Vulgano Brother Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,265	Use USPS for Europe too. And, if the recipient can return the item, perhaps mark it as a sample or such, or list the dealer's cost, not what the customer pays on the Customs form. __________________ "A tool good enough to be so used and not too good" C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength www.letsbuildhope.org

10-25-2006, 08:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Happy Canuck Pianissimo User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Canada Posts: 174	It certainly can be shocking when we in Canada get a courier package and see/pay the high fees. Like Ed, I've gone to stating "send US Postal Service Global Express". The mailing fee is fair but you still get a tracking number and when it comes into Canada, Canada Post handles it and you get charged only $5.00 for handling + what ever the GST might be. Works well every time now! __________________ Bill Olds Ambassador, Special, Super, Recording, Mendez Bb trumpets, Custom C trumpet/GR Butcher 65.6M Olds Opera & Ambassador A6 Shepherds Crook cornets/Sparx 4B Olds L-12 Flugelhorn/GR Butcher 65.6FL Schilke MII Trumpet/GR Butcher 65.6M If you have an Olds, go to http://www.theoldsregister.com/ and add data

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