RICK@QUCDNAST.BITNET (09/12/89)
stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP (Stewart Winter) says: > > My understanding is that UPS does not WANT to charge the brokerage fee, but >is REQUIRED BY LAW to charge that fee. This is what I was told by Canada >Customs the one and only time I used UPS for a software purchase from the US. >Only the post office is exempt from charging brokerage fees (can you say >unfair advantage). the one time i had software shipped to canada via UPS, UPS phoned me and tried to charge me a fee for brokerage and duty. after a couple of immense telephone arguments and a lot of waiting (most of it before they even called me) they released it to me with no fees. it may be that they are 'supposed' to charge fees; sometimes they do not. rp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Think I'll stay in bed Rick Pim, Physics Dept. Dream all day Queen's University, Kingston World outside bugs me anyway bitnet:rick@qucdnast =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=