Yes, packages arriving by courrier will almost always get a processing
fee (to clear customs) tacked on. With USPS, Canadians might get caught
with GST/HST etc (depending on province). I've found that the regular
USPS parcel mail almost always gets through with no sales taxes, even
when the declared value is, say, $2-300. Using USPS priority service
(forget the proper name), Canadian customs will invariably add the sales
taxes (unless the value is very small).
Although regular parcel mail from the USA can take 10 days or so, it may
be worthwhile just to save the tax. IIRC, there isn't tracking on
regular mail. Don't recollect whether one can insure packages either.
Martin
On 21/09/2013 11:08 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
> Yes, UPS to and from Canada is the worst. They will routinely stop a
> package at the border, add a $40 fee and then tack that onto my monthly
> bill. Well, that is until I closed my account. Post Office adds no
> fees either way but have found that high value packages may hit the
> Canadian owner with VAT.
>
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> On 9/20/2013 11:35 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
>> On 9/20/13 21:22 : , Johnie Stafford wrote:
>>> I was going to bring up Customs as well. When I shipped that camera to Vick
>>> it spent something like 10 days in customs.
>>>
>>> BTW, a tip for anybody that doesn't know... If you go to the USPS site and
>>> enter the Customs receipt ticket number into their tracking thing it will
>>> show you just how much time it spent in Customs.
>>>
>> My experience shipping to Canada is to avoid UPS at all costs. The
>> Postal service may be slow, but they will eventually deliver it. UPS
>> will hold it at whatever distribution center they drop it at, and will
>> not deliver until you drive there and pay whatever duty or taxes they
>> think you owe. Doesn't matter if the distro center is 100 miles from
>> your house. That happened twice to me on something I sold and shipped
>> to Canada - last three times I used USPS and all went well.
>>
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