Shipping between US and Canada

[Ethan Dicks]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:59:07, Joe R. <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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> At 12:05 PM 11/19/05 -0500, Allison wrote:
> >Anyone with expereince shipping USA to Canada?

Yes... mostly bad.

> ..."customs broker" charge... UPS in particular charges a LOT for that.

I had a package get stuck at the border because the sender didn't know
to fill out any paperwork in advance - they wanted $85 USD.  I told
them I wasn't paying and what to do with the package (send it back ;-)

I have sent things _to_ Canada via my commercial UPS account, but I
always fill out the customs docs.  No hassles on the other end (the
recipient probably pays taxes, but that's a Candian law thing, not a
UPS thing).

I have never had any hassles sending things via Post around the world
- except glacially slow delivery in Canada.  At least there are no
unwelcome charges.

-ethan