I got an item shipped from the U.S. It was shipped via Fedex Ground. The item was declared as $100 USD, which is about $130 Canadian.

From my understanding of cross-border tariffs, I was expecting to pay about $10. I got an invoice from Fedex Trade Networks for $36.50.
- $9.21 for tariffs
- $25.50 for "brokerage fees" and add $1.79 GST on top of that.

I just checked their site and I couldn't find any rates for their so called brokerage fees. Wow nice legitamate practice they are running. I'm never using Fedex every again.

Oh this also applies to UPS (I think they are even worse from what I read)
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jcstefani/gouging.htm

Friggin extortionists.

edit: http://www.universalmetropolis.com/...p?threadid=5945

Last edited by Slag on Apr-23-2004 at 20:25

All Fucking couriers are a bunch of fucking crooks ..I've had my share of experiences with them. Including shipments that were suppose to go to Ireland and ended up in Germany after like 2 weeks! fuckin Fedex, UPS..



ANGER!

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FedEx = "lost" a $2000 laptop at the US-Canada border and haven't yet paid for it.

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I have been through it many times, but its their standard fee. Its mentioned somewhere , cant remember, but not online your supposed to always call and verify!!!



Either way i prefer DHL and UPS

ryan I wouldn't complain man...
lol! you were supposed to pay way more than that!

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Originally posted by maxtuh I have been through it many times, but its their standard fee. Its mentioned somewhere , cant remember, but not online your supposed to always call and verify!!! Either way i prefer DHL and UPS

UPS are the ones that sent my package to Germany when it was clearly labelled Dublin, IRELAND on it.
I'm still at loss as to how they would confuse Ireland for Germany tbh...

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Originally posted by LoCa UPS are the ones that sent my package to Germany when it was clearly labelled Dublin, IRELAND on it. I'm still at loss as to how they would confuse Ireland for Germany tbh...

Insure it

But its not the companys fault if some guy messed up the order. You can tell them track that package and they will deliver it correctly.

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Originally posted by maxtuh Insure it But its not the companys fault if some guy messed up the order. You can tell them track that package and they will deliver it correctly.

It's not the company's fault, it's UPS fault when they don't know where "Dublin Ireland" is.

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Yah i hate fed-ex when i got my stuff shipped back from Brazil. It was clothes and CDs, and other personal stuff, and they were going to charge me a 100-150 brokrage fee to clear it out of customs.

Then when i went to toronto to go to the fed-ex place they told me toronto airport, well it was at the airport, but not the terminal... it was on the airport land... just took us 4 hours to find the place, as no one at the airport knew.

And we fed-ex from Brazil... just imagine how that was, and they wanted to charge more, i hate fed ex.

UPS charged me 20 dollars i think we i ordered something.

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Originally posted by Slag I got an item shipped from the U.S. It was shipped via Fedex Ground. The item was declared as $100 USD, which is about $130 Canadian. From my understanding of cross-border tariffs, I was expecting to pay about $10. I got an invoice from Fedex Trade Networks for $36.50. - $9.21 for tariffs - $25.50 for "brokerage fees" and add $1.79 GST on top of that. I just checked their site and I couldn't find any rates for their so called brokerage fees. Wow nice legitamate practice they are running. I'm never using Fedex every again. Oh this also applies to UPS (I think they are even worse from what I read) http://home.cogeco.ca/~jcstefani/gouging.htm Friggin extortionists. edit: http://www.universalmetropolis.com/...p?threadid=5945

it happened a while ago for me too I bought some records from satellite records in NY and for some reason i have to pay $36 for brokerage on top of shipping. grr

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Originally posted by Slag I got an item shipped from the U.S. It was shipped via Fedex Ground. The item was declared as $100 USD, which is about $130 Canadian. From my understanding of cross-border tariffs, I was expecting to pay about $10. I got an invoice from Fedex Trade Networks for $36.50. - $9.21 for tariffs - $25.50 for "brokerage fees" and add $1.79 GST on top of that. I just checked their site and I couldn't find any rates for their so called brokerage fees. Wow nice legitamate practice they are running. I'm never using Fedex every again. Oh this also applies to UPS (I think they are even worse from what I read) http://home.cogeco.ca/~jcstefani/gouging.htm Friggin extortionists. edit: http://www.universalmetropolis.com/...p?threadid=5945

The company I work for ships stuff to canada all the time, we try to tell the customers that there will be "duty" (tariffs) involved if they purchase an item. Now, if it's a free of charge item they cannot charge you duty, they charge the company.

My friend used to work at fedex and he told me some messed up stories about how they load and unload things... he said if you write "fragile" on the box you might as well expect it to be broken.. he also said that since fed ex has damage/lost insurance things seem to disapear e.i. a new set of 20's!! or things end up being thrown.. I'm not saying the whole company does this but he saw a lot of this in his distribution center...

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UPS is just as bad. They shipped me my studio monitors and never asked for brokerage at the time of the delivery, so I was like, cool no brokerage this time (cuz sumtimes they don't charge it for sum reason...). Then months later i get mail from sum collection agency stating that UPS had "exhausted their internal efforts" to collect from me, and now I owe this company 116 bones. From now on, I'm requesting Canada Post within Canada and US Postal from the US. U really do get less fees and no hassles.

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