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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Path: portal.com!combdyn!lawrence
- From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen)
- Subject: Re: UPS...Another SAD story...
- Message-ID: <1996Feb23.183440.2664@combdyn.com>
- Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd.
- References: <4gg6pn$6tu@hobbes.compusult.nf.ca>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:34:40 GMT
-
- mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca (Mark Worden) writes:
-
- >Boy, am I ticked!
-
- >I just wanted to tell you people about my current experience with UPS,
- >hopefully it will help you avoid the same problems.
-
- >I'm in Canada (Newfoundland to be exact) and I recently made a deal with
- >someone in the States - my EMPLANT Deluxe for his GVP IV-24. Anyway,
- >before he read my message to him *not* to send it by UPS, he sent it by
- >UPS. Well, it came today and since I wasn't home it is now sitting at a
- >local courier's office for pickup. The charge...$68.35 Canadian. The
- >guy who sent it to me already paid about $33 USD to ship it to me, and he
- >didn't know I would have to pay anything on my end (until I told him). I
- >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?
-
- >Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?
-
- >I *never* want anything shipped to me by UPS again. Regular mail or air
- >mail suits me fine, thank you. Hasn't failed me yet.
-
- >Thanks for reading.
-
- Yeah, $34.72 for processing the GST charge is kind of outrageous.....regular
- Post charges a fixed $5.00....which is tolerable.
-
- I get packages by DHL and FedEx...and AFAIK, the charge is just GST.
-
- I usually specify FedEx for delivery otherwise just regular post.
-
- This is because I work during the day, so I'm not going to be home when they
- make the delivery. UPS always leaves a card saying they were there and to
- call them to try again....it takes a couple business days for the to sort
- things out and get it to me at work. Yeah, they use a local courier for
- local delivery.....sometimes they remember to give me the local courier number,
- I should try to remember it, but I only get UPS deliveries when the shipper
- insists on ignoring my requests.
-
- FedEx delivers the package to me at the office....the FedEx guy knows where
- I work, and just automatically redirects it there when he sees packages for
- my home address.
-
- Canada Post leaves a card, and I walk to the post office the next day
- and pick it up.....including if the card comes on a Friday (since the
- post office is open 7 days a week).
-
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