[Hallicrafters] OT - shipping question

[Carl]

Thats why I often use Purolator. Either the fee is waived if the value is 
low or its very reasonable.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "MikePagel" <mpagel at uwsp.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] OT - shipping question


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.



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