From the other end, shipping parts to Canadian customers, I have
learned (at their expense, I fear) to ALWAYS use the US Postal Service.
It may be slower, but the costs are really small, comparatively
speaking, and there are no surprises! Bill McLeod, Slightly Classics,
Tucson, AZ
jim wallace wrote:
>Why I hope you will all avoid UPS, by Jim Wallace:
>(This applies primarily to goods crossing the border into Canada.)
>
>I have ordered many parts over the last few years from various individuals and
>parts vendors for the restoration of my TR3a, and more recently for my
>Ferguson
>TEA20. On a few occasions when they have used UPS, it cost a bit more, so I
>have generally asked people to use someone else if they can.
>Today I got a major shock that others should beware of:
>
>I agreed to buy $300 US worth of parts from a person who lived in an area that
>was only served by UPS (or the post office I guess), so we agreed he'd use UPS
>and I was prepared to pay a bit extra. He emailed me telling me that they had
>charged him $34.38, and I will be reimbursing him for that. He also mentioned
>that they had made him itemize everything in the box (a long list).
>
>Yesterday I called UPS to see what they would charge me for getting the goods
>across the border, and they told me $45 brokerage fees (a very high amount,
>for
>what you get), but it's $Cdn at least.
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