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From: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Shipping from USA to Canada
Message-ID: <172965@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: 20 Dec 90 12:59:32 GMT
References: <1990Dec12.195623.26764@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1990Dec18.034745.2039@hybrid.UUCP>
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
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In article <1990Dec18.034745.2039@hybrid.UUCP>, mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) writes:
> In article <1990Dec12.195623.26764@watdragon.waterloo.edu> pmbergland@violet.waterloo.edu (Per Bergland) writes:
>>I have to ship a computer (read 3 boxes - monitor + keybooard + system)
>>from San Fransisco to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
>>My problem is that I have to take it through customs myself, i.e. I cannot
>>use a customs broker.
> 
> Why?  Just let the couriers do it for you.  They charge a reasonable fee,
> something like $10-$15 and it saves a lot of hassles.
>

Just a note giving my experiences in this matter...If at all possible 
us first class mail (it chokes me to say this as Canada Post is not my 
idea of a class outfit).  The reason has to do with customs.  Mail is 
treated as a personal shipment while couriers are classified as 
comercial.  This means that Canada Post will broker and forward a 
shipment as part of the cost of the postage putting a bill on the 
package for you to return with a payment.  Due to regulations, UPS, Fedex, etc
have this done by a brokering/forwarding service and you have to get the 
shipment cleared through customs personally.  18 chips once cost me 
$60.00 ***extra*** (30 dollar freight forwarding fee as Fedex did not then 
deliver to St. John's and 30 dollars brokerage fee).  As bad as the 
post office is, it ain't that bad yet.


John Garland


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