sheer volume that canada post handles, they have set their rate at the nominal $5/$8 accordingly.... feel free to disagree, but the fact remains that courier companies that have to clear your item into the country ARE going to charge you a brokerage fee for doing so... do you think that all those goods coming in across the border are cleared free of charge? just because yours is only one small parcel does not mean you should get it done free!
"How can the post office do it for $5"
National postal carriers, like Canada Post, USPS, Royal Post etc etc, are members of the UPU, universal postal union, and abide by their guidelines
http://www.upu.int
Couriers are, as mentioned, private companies
As such they can, and do, charge whatever they think the market will bear
Does that suck? Only to people that are unknowledgable. People up here have been railing about this for a long time ... if UPS really gave a rats patootie, they would have changed this long ago
In my opinion, UPS can offer great rates to the US, knowing they can make up for small-ish national losses from their International gains(gouging) ... it is no different than making stuff here in NA, sending it to China to be packaged, then sending it all back here for sale ... dumb? yes. Big bucks? yes. It all comes down to positive revenue, and obviously business is good, they are still running, so there must be $$$ in it
National postal carriers, like Canada Post, USPS, Royal Post etc etc, are members of the UPU, universal postal union, and abide by their guidelines
http://www.upu.int
Couriers are, as mentioned, private companies
As such they can, and do, charge whatever they think the market will bear
Does that suck? Only to people that are unknowledgable. People up here have been railing about this for a long time ... if UPS really gave a rats patootie, they would have changed this long ago
In my opinion, UPS can offer great rates to the US, knowing they can make up for small-ish national losses from their International gains(gouging) ... it is no different than making stuff here in NA, sending it to China to be packaged, then sending it all back here for sale ... dumb? yes. Big bucks? yes. It all comes down to positive revenue, and obviously business is good, they are still running, so there must be $$$ in it
... and when those items are made in china with raw material from canada, then you imported the finished goods back into canada ... you get into the fun go-round of proving that your product was made with goods that originated in canada ... of course, you first of all pay up front the charges to bring it INTO the country and then you get to play fun with paperwork and apply for a rebate on the amount paid...
.............assuming of course that sensible posts will be both read and ingested. Wishful thinking! Meanwhile, UPS will continue to chortle its way to the bank.
... it usually only takes one time for people to wise up and only purchase from sellers that use the postal service...
The Seller charged you $16.00 for UPS standard shipping to Canad,I think the fee is too hight.What do you think of it?:-D
I have been "getting" it since long before eBay was even a glimmer in pierre omidyar's brain .... having worked in a few companies along the way in life that did many cross border transactions, I was fully aware that items coming IN to Canada via COURIER would be assessed a brokerage charge by the courier company that had to broker them in to the country ...
And yes - when you KNOW how to do the paperwork (and how to read the tariff code books), then it is very simple to fill out the paperwork.
To anybody that has to LEARN their job, once they LEARN it, it usually comes easily to them.
So, yes, the folks that do the paperwork to broker goods into the country most likely have to do very little "work" when they fill out the paperwork to broker the goods in.
Carry on....
And yes - when you KNOW how to do the paperwork (and how to read the tariff code books), then it is very simple to fill out the paperwork.
To anybody that has to LEARN their job, once they LEARN it, it usually comes easily to them.
So, yes, the folks that do the paperwork to broker goods into the country most likely have to do very little "work" when they fill out the paperwork to broker the goods in.
Carry on....
DO NOT PAY THE BROKERAGE FEE.
What happens next? I'm curious why you suggest this and if you know what happens to your package when you don't pay.
What happens next? I'm curious why you suggest this and if you know what happens to your package when you don't pay.
And I ask this because the item has already been brokered and now they want their fee..... no?
I believe that others have stated the sender gets hit with a return postage fee but beyond that I do not know... perhaps someone that has had the experience can enlighten us?
oops... make that a UPS parcel return fee, not postage....
So what you're say CanuckChat, is if you don't know what you're talking about it's best to not give bad advice?
Because essentially what you're saying is, the buyer (who refused to pay the brokerage) would then be out his item AND his money?
Because essentially what you're saying is, the buyer (who refused to pay the brokerage) would then be out his item AND his money?
Love your eBay icon Loki! Neat!
I recently received a shipment by UPS who were bent on making their usual collection, but not for the poor. I don't keep a handgun in the house and as the UPS guy bristled with the joys of the season, I paid the brokerage fee to avoid any hassle. However, I had given explicit instructions for the item to be sent by USPS and also provided an explanation as to why I wished to avoid using UPS. They did confirm that it went by USPS. Well.........while I am willing to accept that some of our American friends are not too bright, I also felt that they should be willing to pay for the oversight which would (hopefully) avoid another mistake. So........
I called them and very nicely set out that I was out of pocket $28 because they shipped by UPS instead of USPS. Overcome with perceptual stimuli, they agreed to either credit my card or deduct the cost from my next order. So... I agreed that they could deduct it from my next order. They deserve a second chance. After all, they sell great pet products at a fraction of the price here in Canada and ship free with purchases over $35. Not too many do that eh?
Happy New Year All!
I recently received a shipment by UPS who were bent on making their usual collection, but not for the poor. I don't keep a handgun in the house and as the UPS guy bristled with the joys of the season, I paid the brokerage fee to avoid any hassle. However, I had given explicit instructions for the item to be sent by USPS and also provided an explanation as to why I wished to avoid using UPS. They did confirm that it went by USPS. Well.........while I am willing to accept that some of our American friends are not too bright, I also felt that they should be willing to pay for the oversight which would (hopefully) avoid another mistake. So........
I called them and very nicely set out that I was out of pocket $28 because they shipped by UPS instead of USPS. Overcome with perceptual stimuli, they agreed to either credit my card or deduct the cost from my next order. So... I agreed that they could deduct it from my next order. They deserve a second chance. After all, they sell great pet products at a fraction of the price here in Canada and ship free with purchases over $35. Not too many do that eh?
Happy New Year All!
Actually - yes - I have had a seller in the past acknowledge that their warehouse staff were instructed to ship USPS - and then the staff shipped UPS - so I paid for the incoming item and the company reimbursed me the difference between what I would have paid via postal shipment incoming and via courier shipment incoming ... yes there ARE good companies out there!
