So my package just arrived 2 days after ordering. The UPS service they used was in fact an express. As a result there was no brokerage fee just the standard tax and duty. Additional $18 so no complaints. At 50% the entire purchase I still came out on top.
So my package just arrived 2 days after ordering. The UPS service they used was in fact an express. As a result there was no brokerage fee just the standard tax and duty. Additional $18 so no complaints. At 50% the entire purchase I still came out on top.
Yay
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Heads up to Canadian crew...they ship UPS. I had my tracking email come today and fumed when I saw it. It was so reasonable but didn't do my due diligence before I pulled the trigger. Im sure I will be heading down to my local CBSA office to broker the package myself.
Yeah I just saw that too, I am trying to cancel my order in case it's a notice for a shipping label.
I'm likely SOL though.
How do you broker a package yourself?
I take the purchase invoice to my CBSA office downtown and tell them Id like to pay the duty and taxes on my purchase. They give me a form with all their fancy stamps and sigs. I fax/email it to UPS and then when it's delivered or picked up they can't ask for their "brokerage fee" as I've already brokered it.
These Insound orders are shipping with a service I haven't seen before, Next Morning Express. I called UPS to see if the brokering is covered under the cost of shipping and they said its a minimal fee, possibly $10 ish.
If that's it, I can swallow that. Fingers crossed.
Wow, so you guys just won't accept anything from UPS? Why? I know they charge the duty upon delivery for over a certain amount, but isn't that made up for with the cheaper shipping cost?
Last time I paid $40 for a $40 record. I cringe at what this could be as I ordered five records.
I admit, I have had some lower ones, but this one I think will offset the whole 50% off thing.
Oh well... No way of knowing.
That's fucked up. There shouldn't even be any duty on something that only cost $40 (I have never been charged for it until it hits $50), and certainly not $40 duty. I know I've paid maybe $20 at the most before, but that was for orders that cost way more than $40. Something is wrong there. They must have made a mistake. Even with brokerage fees included, that seems way too high.
Yeah I should have mentioned that I paid 40, but dude put the record value at 80 on the customs form.
Story wouldn't have been as good if I said that to begin with.
So my package just arrived 2 days after ordering. The UPS service they used was in fact an express. As a result there was no brokerage fee just the standard tax and duty. Additional $18 so no complaints. At 50% the entire purchase I still came out on top.
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Story wouldn't have been as good if I said that to begin with.