Another reason to avoid UPS

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by vjvl51

Customs converts your $15 US to about (they use the proper conversion factor which differs for each day) $22.50 Candian and then charge the GST on the Canadian value. The last time I received an item via UPS, they quoted the brokerage fee as a percent of the value in Canadian funds plus $5 (I think that's the correct amount) for COD since they would have to collect money from me.

Yes, I have paid over $30 Canadian for a $24US gift from my sister.

Vickie

I suppose the real confusion arises as to why AllGlass would put an invoice for $15.00 on the box. The ballast was supposed to be a warranty replacement. I don't imagine we are going to pay that. They could simply have put no value on the package, and sent me an invoice in the mail. That way the UPS guys would not have gotten any money.