BRS Shipping Fees Excessive

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

I don't like it when companies automaticly charge duty and taxes also, as most of the stuff we buy there is no duty on, and we only pay provincial taxes over a specific amount. so there most of the time colecting this money which you don't need to pay. so do they return it to you?? I doubt it. for example, there is no duty on products that are "Made in the USA".
a good example is I ordered 2500.00 worth of parts for my truck from the US. when I got here I had to pay 25 buck in taxes/duty on it. if a company automaticly took 15% for "taxes and duty" that would be 375.00 so now that company just put 350.00 in there pocket. now even if all the stuff was from signapor in BC you would pay 12% plus duty, but only cuz we have the HST. last year it would have been 6% alberta will pay no taxes and only duty, ect....

Steve

+1 - USPS brokerage is the most reasonable. UPS automatically bills a ridiculous brokerage fee no matter what the item. As for duty - I always check the rules before ordering anything and deal with the brokerage myself and request usps delivery. If UPS is the only option I don't bother unless the savings are too good to let up (this is usually the cases with watches).

As for BRS, I live by the border so I pay a small continental US shipping charge, then drive 45 minutes to pick up the items. Most of the stuff i order is duty free.

If you guys and girls are just looking for their bulk stuff (ie. gfo, carbon, calc, etc.) there is a place in guelph, ontario that re-sells their stuff. Its about the same price as BRS's preferred rate and they have a flat shipping charge for all of Canada.