I've consistently found the Post Office to be my best shipping method,
particularly outside of the U.S. Everyone else is either more expensive or
a bigger hassle. The Post Office ships everywhere and, at least in the
U.S., Priority Mail is consistently a couple days faster than UPS.
I've gotten to know most of the people at my Post office (they just roll
their eyes when I come in with a pile of boxes). They've all mentioned that
Ebay is the single biggest reason in their increase in small packages.
Tom
> My experience is that the Canadian PO will inconsistently charge tax
> (GST+PST)=150lus $5 brokerage on items over about $150 US. The
> actual amount probably depends on their workload and when in the
> shift the item comes, and whether the item looks home-packed.
>
> Canadian law allows stuff up to $20 cdn in w/o tax, or $60 if a gift.
> This is important if you use FedEx or UPS.
>
> UPS likes to charge $20+ brokerage on everything taxable under the
> law. DHL & FedEx have free brokerage on stuff to Canada.
>
> Others' experience?
>
> Tom
>
> At Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:48, Lex Jenkins <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> spoke about *Re: [OM] Shiping costs ?...* saying
>
> > Ditto, Larry's experiences. I've mailed (USPS) items to Canada and
Europe.
> > Don't recall how I labelled them, but the recipients said the items
arrived
> > in good condition, on time and without additional charges or fees.
> > Presumably my homebrewed looking packing job didn't look very
businesslike,
> > so customs didn't assume there was any need to tear it open and tax the
> > stuff to pieces.
>
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