My New love for UPS

[brandeentertainment]

I got tired of the charges I would occur so I started hunted for solutions to make buying from the US still make it worth while ..

Opened up a brokerage account Importing in Poly bubble mailers 20 boxes 5000 pieces $660.. My UPS Taxes,fees,duties etc. Brokerage $22 Taxes  $32.. $54 dollars Total  .. NOT BAD ...

I am very happy I looked into this is helps with my problems of GSP programs as everyone ships with UPS .. 

Still bad a for small purchase but yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa to UPS for making it still worth while to import goods for my business ..

[rosscd57]

I had to send a package to the USA very recently - it was to big to send through the mail - so I sent it using UPS.

UPS - what a piece of .

It was a vintage grandfather clock radio worth over $1000.00 and was sent from Alberta to Chicago - the UPS shipping rate was $245.00 ($40.00 extra for weight overage). I warned the buyer that it was going to be a dicey move.

I packed it extremely well - a heavy duty box and 3 inches of syrofoam around the whole thing, plus I removed all the tubes and send them separately.

UPS promised they would ship it in an upright position - ya right - I knew that was bull from the start.

It was covered with fragile stickers.

It took me 5 hours to pack it - but they would not insure it because they did not pack it.

Don't even bother me with the brokerage fees the guy likely paid.

It arrived broken - of course.

The chassis had broken loose from the frame - it was very obvious that it had been drooped the back of a  truck - more than once.

When I checked the tracking, It had bounced around Alberta - then went to the US and then to Winnipeg and then back to the US and judging from the number of scans, arrivals and departures I figure it was on at least 17 different trucks before it was delivered.

Oh Ya - UPS is just great.

[brandeentertainment]

i am talking about importing From US to Canada...

all carriesr break and damage things not just UPS have you not watched the youtube videos LOL..

Sorry for your luck that is just awful

[rosscd57]

Thanks - at least the guy who bought it has been decent about it. - at least so far.

He sent me pictures of the damage and I told him how to repair it; or, if he did not feel up to it I found a couple of people near him that could. That was a few days ago and I have not heard back from him yet.

I actually advertised the radio on Kijiji - I was only advertising it in Alberta, but somehow he saw it and has been after me to buy it since last spring. I really did not want to pack that monster and ship it as it it 5 feet tall and one foot square and weighs 80 lbs. But he kept badgering me and I gave in.

I wish him well with it - I suppose things might have been much different had I sold it on eBay.