Couriers!!!

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THEY WILL HIT US WITH STUPID BROKERAGE FEES ON TOP OF SHIPPING CHARGES.

Indeed!

I have the same issue on shipments from Europe that get delivered to me by UPS.

NEVER a problem with USPS deliveries, which is what the European national postal services connect with.

A side note that was covered awhile back but bears repeating:

There is a Canadian tariff law that exempts tariff taxes on auto parts for cars older than 25 years old.

I always make note of this on the outside of all my shipments to Canada.

Larry

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There is a Canadian tariff law that exempts tariff taxes on auto parts for cars older than 25 years old.

I don't beleive that saves us from the MINIMUM $40 brokerage fee they charge. I've had UPS brokerage charges of ~$80 at the door for an item worth ~$300.
It's friggin ridiculous.
Will

USPS is the best ... but I thought they eliminated PARCEL POST for large items. I did send 2 hoods to canada and marked the Industrial Samples .. you would ahve to ask Richard and Michel how it worked out on their end. I did send a hood to Norway and I think it worked out that there was no TAX as an Industrial Sample.

Ron

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Originally posted by 4NHOTROD:

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There is a Canadian tariff law that exempts tariff taxes on auto parts for cars older than 25 years old.

I don't beleive that saves us from the MINIMUM $40 brokerage fee they charge. I've had UPS brokerage charges of ~$80 at the door for an item worth ~$300.
It's friggin ridiculous.
Will

Correct. They will charge the fee (they have to me too often to count) even if ZERO DUTY is owed.

The fee covers them looking up the Tariff Classification Codes and filling out a form. To give you an idea how confusing it is, there are 10,000 Classification SECTIONS with tens of thousands of sub-sections. It's nuts.

At least with the Post Office the fee is $5 and if they're really busy and the box is small, they occasionally forget to charge the 13% taxes that are owed REGARDLESS of what kind of part for any age of car made wherever.

And just for the record, FedEx Ground (in fact ANY ground service) is just as bad. Only expedited/express (overnight) shipping (including the UPS Expedited) includes the customs services at no extra charge (except for taxes and any duties - sometimes).

And Ron is right about the "industrial samples", which I often need to determine my "volume" purchases. ;D

Mark