One thing for Canucks to never allow to happen, U P S spell
it b-r-o-w-n. They put things through there own brokerage custom houses,
demand outrages payments even after you correct them. Better to go insured
post. Best, have the vedor ship it to a US address, bring it across
ourself and pay the taxes at the border.
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 04:20 PM 2002-05-04 -0300, Mike & Coreen Smith wrote:
>Chris is right!
>
>You guys south of the border cannot realize what we VE's end up paying for
>US stuff.
>Normally I can count on paying just about double for stuff from the USA (and
>elsewhere).
>By the time I pay for the item, multiply that by current exchange (1.55 or
>whatever), pay multiple
>taxes, duties, brokerage fees, courier fees, Federal taxes etc. on it, it
>usually is just about double.
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