On 2010-11-25 14:14, Vitaliy wrote:
> John Gardner wrote:
>> It's interesting that no one's mentioned USPS Priority Mail,
>> which is often the best deal going - And fast.
>>
>> I regularly get deliveries from the East Coast (to San Diego)
>> in 2-3 days. That's days, not "business days".
>>
>> About a decade ago I was real fed up with UPS, mostly over
>> tardy/non-deliveries, and decided to give PM a try...
>>
>> So far so good. I recently shipped a book to the antipodes -
>> My 1st international experiment - Took about a week, cost $8.
>> Arrived in pristine condition, according to the recipient.
>>
>> And, no, I don't work for the USPS, or carry water for the Feds
>> generally  :)
> Perhaps if you're an organization whose billion-dollar losses are covered=
 by
> taxpayers, you can afford to drive half-empty trucks? :)
>
> We offer USPS to our customers, and in fact it is the only shipping optio=
n
> available to Canadians. We disabled FedEx and UPS for Canada, because of =
the
> strange customs regulations which allow the customer to receive the packa=
ge,
> refuse to pay the import tax, and stick it to the shipper. For some reaso=
n,
> this never happens with USPS.
>
"Refuse to pay import tax" or refuse to pay horrendous brokerage fees=20
charged by UPS and the like?
Example: For a $100 good made in USA shipped via UPS to Province Quebec=20
Canada, the customer will be charged $0 duty but $33 brokerage fees.

Gaston


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