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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: UPS...Another SAD story...
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 17:56:20 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4giao4$oho@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Mark Worden (mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca) wrote:
- : Boy, am I ticked!
-
- I have some flea powder you can borrow. :)
-
- : I just wanted to tell you people about my current experience with UPS,
- : hopefully it will help you avoid the same problems.
-
- : called UPS about the charge, and they told me $33.63 is GST (kinda
- : understandable, but I still don't like it) and the other $34.72 is
- : Brokerage/Customs fee. What is it that they do to earn this $34.72? Can
- : anyone tell me? What the heck is FREE TRADE?
-
- Basically, UPS's left hand doesn't trust what it's right hand is doing so they
- charge each other fees and pass it on to you. :)
-
- : Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?
-
- Old news son. :) I bought a $40 US modem from the states and UPS charged me
- $25 CDN is brokerage fees, GST was $5 CDN.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-