Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]UPS only charges "brokerage fees" if you use their standard (read cheapest) shipping rate. If you use expedited or express then the "brokerage fees" are waived. UPS is more convenient than USPS for some in the US. Apparently UPS will come to their door while they would have to make a long trip to mail a package out of country via USPS. John Collier On Sep 20, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > >> If you ship it via UPS the recipient will be required to pay an >> extra (substantial) charge. I suggest avoiding them. I can't >> remember exactly what they call the charge, whether it is "duty" or >> something else; but the declared contents will not avoid the >> charge. I have been maddened by this more than once. > > Boy, is this true. UPS kills you with additional charges. I've had the > same problem shipping to people in Ontario. For shipping across the > US/Canada border, use the US Postal Service or Canada Post, as > appropriate.