The USPS tracking works fine until it gets to the border. It's been a
while but usually there was not further update even delivery. Canada
Post's tracking, IIRC, works for the US portion and will show delivery.
Martin
On 21/09/2013 1:18 PM, Johnie Stafford wrote:
> You can track the customs process, so you can find out when it leaves
> Canadian Customs to be delivered. But since that's the biggest drag on the
> delivery process, it is a useful tracking.
>
> Johnie Stafford
> McKinney, TX
> jms@xxxxxxxxx
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin Walters [mailto:mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:22 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] RANT: Shipping Rates
>>
>> Yes, packages arriving by courrier will almost always get a processing fee
> (to
>> clear customs) tacked on. With USPS, Canadians might get caught with
>> GST/HST etc (depending on province). I've found that the regular USPS
>> parcel mail almost always gets through with no sales taxes, even when the
>> declared value is, say, $2-300. Using USPS priority service (forget the
> proper
>> name), Canadian customs will invariably add the sales taxes (unless the
> value
>> is very small).
>>
>> Although regular parcel mail from the USA can take 10 days or so, it may
> be
>> worthwhile just to save the tax. IIRC, there isn't tracking on regular
> mail.
>> Don't recollect whether one can insure packages either.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On 21/09/2013 11:08 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>> Yes, UPS to and from Canada is the worst. They will routinely stop a
>>> package at the border, add a $40 fee and then tack that onto my monthly
>>> bill. Well, that is until I closed my account. Post Office adds no
>>> fees either way but have found that high value packages may hit the
>>> Canadian owner with VAT.
>>>
>>> ___________________________________
>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>> www.zuiko.com | omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/20/2013 11:35 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
>>>> On 9/20/13 21:22 : , Johnie Stafford wrote:
>>>>> I was going to bring up Customs as well. When I shipped that camera
>>>>> to Vick it spent something like 10 days in customs.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, a tip for anybody that doesn't know... If you go to the USPS
>>>>> site and enter the Customs receipt ticket number into their tracking
>>>>> thing it will show you just how much time it spent in Customs.
>>>>>
>>>> My experience shipping to Canada is to avoid UPS at all costs. The
>>>> Postal service may be slow, but they will eventually deliver it. UPS
>>>> will hold it at whatever distribution center they drop it at, and
>>>> will not deliver until you drive there and pay whatever duty or taxes
>>>> they think you owe. Doesn't matter if the distro center is 100 miles
>>>> from your house. That happened twice to me on something I sold and
>>>> shipped to Canada - last three times I used USPS and all went well.
>>>>
>
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