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05-16-2009, 09:05 PM
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Just for anyones interest... I have to shop for supplies online, so shipping is sort of a big deal... I compared the shipping cost of a 23K bucket of salt, from Ontario to Flin Flon. Shipping on a bucket through Canada Post (1 - 7 business days), ~$36.00, making a bucket of H2Ocean Pro around $113.00. Shipping using UPS (1 - 3 business days), ~130.00, about 1.5 times the cost of the salt mix. Quite the gouge...
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05-16-2009, 09:54 PM
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One time, a shipper shipped me an item by UPS after we agreed to ship via USPS, I just refused to accept the delivery even after it had cleared customs. UPS had to ship it back to the sender at the sender's cost.
Last edited by Samw; 05-16-2009 at 09:58 PM.
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05-19-2009, 04:53 AM
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My sister, who lives in the States, used to send gifts for my kids via UPS all the time, even though I told her we were the ones paying the brokerage fees. Finally I told her to stop sending gifts, cause I simply couldn't afford them anymore!! LOL She got the hint and starts sending USPS
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05-19-2009, 05:08 AM
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one thing about UPS and FEDEX
if you ship overnight priority they don't charge the brokerage fees. alot of times it works out to be about the same cost as it would shiping normally with the brokerage fees as it does overnight without the brokerage fees. this is especially true if it is a small and light parcel....not so much if big and bulky. hope this helps Neal
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05-19-2009, 12:56 PM
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I do the same thing.....UPS = no sale.....Had the cost of my items far too often double in the end, costing me more than purchasing locally......I can't stand paying $30 to ship something, only to have another $50 due on delivery for no reason. I held one delivery guy hostage at my door, he had a floor tom for my drumset, I disputed the cost, and he said no pay no item....I told him I'd call the cops, afterall thats MY drum he's holding....I made him phone to accts recievable, and I negotiated down to something pretty small......Delivery guy was getting all amped because "he had other delivery's to make", too bad bud, deal with my wrath now....."inconvenienced" him for probably 40 minutes....Best part, I was using his phone so he couldn't leave if he wanted to.....
I've also had customs mis-label my items on declaration, I had an item described as "shirts", and of course theres a 16% tax on clothing coming across the border....Well, $180 dollars of tax later, I pursued the claim back through the government and got it resolved back to the $28 dollars it should have been without a problem.... USPS/Canada Post....$5 brokerage on whatever FTW.... Free trade my ass...
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