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    • bagley920B
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      I'm not sure how one would include brokerage fees in the price bc just like customs, it isn't a set fee

      And yes, I work for UPS. Some of you know that, some don't.

      If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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        I'm not sure about UPS not making money on brokerage. I never get charged brokerage by anyone but UPS and I doubt that it's built into other companies fees as they'd be much higher.

        Example: My IHSW-03 - I got charged $20 brokerage from UPS. My TWSH-03, delivered via Parcel Force/Canada Post - no charge.

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          @bagley920:

          I'm not sure how one would include brokerage fees in the price bc just like customs, it isn't a set fee

          And yes, I work for UPS. Some of you know that, some don't.

          i work for ups too.. I'm a driver in  PA

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            @zwer:

            I'm not sure about UPS not making money on brokerage. I never get charged brokerage by anyone but UPS and I doubt that it's built into other companies fees as they'd be much higher.

            Example: My IHSW-03 - I got charged $20 brokerage from UPS. My TWSH-03, delivered via Parcel Force/Canada Post - no charge.

            That's all Canada, and it is hit or miss.  Sometimes I get charged.  Sometimes I don't.  And that goes for UPS, Canada Post, etc.

            Out with the new! In with the old!

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              I'll put this here, knowing it will be deleted, but hoping the interested parties see it first:

              Canada (must be marked as gift)
              Total declared value under $75, no charge.
              Listed as being made in Canada, no charge.

              USPS/Canada post are a bit more lenient if the above are not labeled as such. UPS, on the other hand, will kindly put two Jake Steed Dildos in you, all the while giving you a broad, toothy smile.

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                I got charged customs/GST (fine, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose) and a brokerage fee on top of it. I've never been charged brokerage by anyone other than UPS.

                I've been a hard core sneaker collector since 2007. I'm used to paying customs/GST. That brokerage charge drives me crazy.

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                • bagley920B
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                  @zwer:

                  I'm not sure about UPS not making money on brokerage. I never get charged brokerage by anyone but UPS and I doubt that it's built into other companies fees as they'd be much higher.

                  Example: My IHSW-03 - I got charged $20 brokerage from UPS. My TWSH-03, delivered via Parcel Force/Canada Post - no charge.

                  Canada Post is a government agency, similar to USPS, which also doesn't charge brokerage fees

                  Even as a UPS employee, I'd recommend USPS for international if there's no hurry

                  If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                    I agree. I choose USPS everytime over ups.. But how does Giles send through UPS with no brokarage fee? And it gets here in two days

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                      Might be useful to check out the Duty and Taxes Worldwide thread.  It has some good links on how to calculate duties and fees for all sorts of goods.

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                        I agree. I choose USPS everytime over ups.. But how does Giles send through UPS with no brokarage fee? And it gets here in two days

                        I do know that Express service is much less likely to be dinged than a standard service

                        If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                          @bagley where do you work and what do you do for UPS

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                            @bagley where do you work and what do you do for UPS

                            Raleigh, local rep for UPS Stores in my area

                            If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                              ive been hit with a brokerage fee from ups when g sent me stuff
                              now g ships to me parcel force
                              g and p are awesome like that

                              don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                Backed! Parcel Force to Canada is where it's at, though I've heard friends in the UK refer to it as Parcel Farce

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                                  ups is the worst. for canadians.

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                                    Blame Canada. Blame Canada

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                                      @cc.rider:

                                      ups is the worst. for canadians.

                                      I would agree but has mostly to do with the Canadian government

                                      If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                                          Actually Canada is the worst place for us to send stuff to period. Honestly, there is no other country we ship to that we have so much trouble with.

                                          That is not blaming Canada, that is fact.

                                          Also how does this work?  I have a big shipment of Viberg Boots to go from Canada to Tokyo.  It is cheaper for me to ship them to the UK, pay duties and then ship them to Japan and pay a second lot of duties than it is for me to ship them direct from Canada to Japan.  Feckin madness….

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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