UPS outrages brokerage charges

[PeteLeathersac]

Unless a broker is necessary, always ship items into Canada by Postal Mail! . As I've learned to understand, if the value noted on the customs sticker that's applied to the box (filled out by the mailing party) is under $50.00 there is supposed to be no duty, tax or broker fee req'd. . Make sure the value noted is the item itself, not your total invoice amount w/ shipping charges as including shipping cost often bumps it over the $50 and the foolish-fees added. . Every now and then there's a glitch and you get pegged w/ a fee when you shouldn't but I always let it go as there's been many circumstances where the opposite is the situation when I shoud've been hit w/ fees but because of using mail it's missed. .

~ Pete