Re: Further to shipping from Canada

Posted by Don Wadge on November 30, 2004 at 19:54:28 from (142.161.96.166):

In Reply to: Further to shipping from Canada posted by Mike (WA) on November 30, 2004 at 08:42:53:

I buy quite a bit of stuff on ebay and sometimes elsewhere. I avoid UPS like the plague if I can. If you are the recipient, you have to pay the taxes- that's understandable and that is different depending on the jurisdiction in which you reside. When I receive a package from the US by Parcel Post, Canada Post charges a flat $5.00 for anything valued at $25.00 or more (no charge under $25) plus the applicable taxes which in my case are 7% federal and 7% provincial. If it has been sent to me by UPS they will charge me the same for taxes plus a fee of $30-$35 for brokerage which is theirs and unaffordable for me. When UPS arrives with the package and the bill I ask them, "who asked you to clear it?" They take the package back to the terminal, I pick up the papers at their office and I go to Customs and clear it myself. You have to know or learn what to do at customs and it's a big hassle but I can't afford to buy on ebay and pay these kinds of fees. So, most ebay sellers do ship by parcel post and those who want to ship UPS will usually ship Parcel Post if you ask. My experiences on ebay have been very good. Almost everyone is very helpful. Out of 250-300 purchases there was really only one guy I thought was going to do me.

Further to several of the comments below- many things are changing at the border these days with many new proceedures which means that what we have come to expect at the border no longer applies and we'll have to learn the new ropes. Many on this board may not know it but Canada and the US are each others largest trading partners, and the largest trading partners in the world- more than 1.5 billion dollars of goods go back and forth over the border each day. It's unlikely that the new border procedures are intended to make this more difficult as business on both sides of the border would not be pleased. However, that is not to say that those in the brokerage business want it simplified. I do believe we will go through some transition difficulties which will be alleviated in due course as proceedures normalize. Hopefully they won't forget about us little guys that just want to have some fun.

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• Re: Further to shipping from Canada Hugh MacKay 03:28:53 12/01/04 (0)

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