Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!warpdrive!stewartw From: stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: UPS Canada Problems Message-ID: <7002@warpdrive.UUCP> Date: 7 Sep 89 16:01:49 GMT References: <726@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 23 In article <726@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes: >In <234@van-bc.UUCP>, Ernie Gorrie writes: >Similarly, sending something to the US via UPS is an expensive proposition, >since they want to charge you $35 or so 'brokerage fees', whether your parcel >requires it or not. My understanding is that UPS does not WANT to charge the brokerage fee, but is REQUIRED BY LAW to charge that fee. This is what I was told by Canada Customs the one and only time I used UPS for a software purchase from the US. Only the post office is exempt from charging brokerage fees (can you say unfair advantage). Someone else suggested Federal Express or Puralator. Federal Express I don't know about, but I would stay away from Puralator. Their reputation for deliveries within Canada is rather poor. I don't imagine that it would get any better when they are bringing stuff across the border. Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: uunet!cognos!stewartw Ottawa, Ontario "The bird for the day is .... black palm cockatoo." CANADA K1G 3Z4