Shipping/brokerage costs to Vancouver

[naesco]

Originally Posted by G1GY

Why pay a brokerage fee?

Get the seller to ship your goods USPS and avoid this all together.

USPS is their own customs broker and doesn't charge you a brokerage fee.

I get shippments from the US on a weekly basis and avoid UPS like the plague.

Good to know.
I mentioned brokerage fees because I wanted to do a fair comparison between a hobbyist buying from the US and a Canadian based wholesaler that sells to Canadian LFS.
Before I checked with the CTB I assumed there were fairly large fees involved when a truck crosses the border.

I was told the trucking companies absorb these fees and the truckers understand that there is extra time involved in crossing the border. Both the trucking companies and the truckers want to keep the trucks running as that is how they make their money.
Thanks
Wayne