Hey David,

That's true of all countries. And it's only the USPS who gets ANY
money when the package is sent into Canada. Canada Post gets nada.
Of course, on the other side, Canada Post into the US, Canada Post
gets the money, and USPS gets nada.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:57:38 -0500, "David Courtney"
wrote:

That's not exactly true.
We've had Canadian customers refuse to accept packages that we sent
using the USPS "Global Express" service because USPS hands the packages off
to couriers who charge their own brokerage fees (which are higher than UPS
charges).
Nobody at the post office here knew anything about the brokerage fees,
but after the last package was returned I got the postmaster to go through
their documentation and saw that they do use private couriers and do not
have control over the brokerage fees.
The only reason that your normal USPS stuff comes through without the
high brokerage fees is that the American tax payers are paying the US postal
service to handle the paperwork; rather than charging the Canadian customers
like they should be... which may seem fair to you, but it doesn't to me.
David

"Ted Edwards" wrote in message
...
Footy wrote:

I think the problem is with the Canadian government, not UPS. Why don't
you
try to fix the problems in your own country before complaining about
another?

You are dead wrong on that. USPS - no problem. UPS are gougers.
Standard brokerage fee of $35 + any duty and taxes. Most stuff from US
(e.g. inserts from Travers) are duty free. $10 worth of these gathered
tax of about $1.50 PLUS $35 for UPS. Same parcel by USPS - no problem.
Fortunately, a number of companies now have Canadian ordering (e.g. KBC,
Digi-key).

Ted