[Hallicrafters] OT - shipping question

[Glen Zook]

UPS definitely adds a brokerage fee for doing nothing but filling out a piece of paper.  What they do is to "transfer" the shipment to the brokerage company (which is UPS themselves) on paper to bring the item across the border and then back to UPS stateside.  For this they typically charge $50 or more.

Several years ago I received a Collins 75A-3 that was shipped from Vancouver, B.C., and UPS charged me $50 for the brokerage fee.

If you use the Post Office then there is no brokerage fee.  Just last Saturday I received a receiver shipped from Canada and there was no duty or brokerage fee.

Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Pagel, Mike <mpagel at uwsp.edu> wrote:

I'm in the US and am contemplating the purchase of a receiver from a Ham in Canada.  It is my understanding that I would be assessed an import duty but that duty, if large enough, would make the purchase impractical.
 
Is there anyone on the list who can offer insight into whether an import duty would be assessed and, if so, how much it is likely to be?
 
Apologies to Duane and the list for posting an off topic question, but I've scoured the web for two weeks and can't seem to find anything useful.