stovebolt6
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I'm just wondering if the shipping total that they quote you in the checkout includes duty/import fees or will there be charges on delivery?
Thanks
Thanks
Canadians who have ordered from Epstein's?
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Shipping charges are usually just that.....cost to move it from point A to point B. What happens at the border is beyond the shipper's control.
If shipped via USPS/Cda Post and the item's value is under $50 it usually comes directly to your door no questions asked. Over that, there might be a duty charge, along with a $5 Cda Post "nuisance fee" added. That is the way it has worked for me in the past.
Using UPS is a different matter. Only got stung by them once, a long time ago, when they added a $30 "brokerage fee" to a $20 item.
If shipped via USPS/Cda Post and the item's value is under $50 it usually comes directly to your door no questions asked. Over that, there might be a duty charge, along with a $5 Cda Post "nuisance fee" added. That is the way it has worked for me in the past.
Using UPS is a different matter. Only got stung by them once, a long time ago, when they added a $30 "brokerage fee" to a $20 item.
thetreshon
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I've placed two different orders, I think both under $25.00 each package, and NO duties/import charges.
Both came in small bubble mailers, small pliers in both orders.
It might be different for you if you're considering an order for those 36" Wilde pry bars everyone was cheering about...your package size might matter!
Both came in small bubble mailers, small pliers in both orders.
It might be different for you if you're considering an order for those 36" Wilde pry bars everyone was cheering about...your package size might matter!
UPS is excellent and usually much more popular than postal service in the U.S (at least the lower 48), but be very wary of UPS shipping across the border.
There are several types of service and the brokerage fees associated with some of them make the whole process ridiculously expensive.
There are several types of service and the brokerage fees associated with some of them make the whole process ridiculously expensive.
On my second order with them right now. The first order there was no tax/import at all. Around 80 bucks.
The order coming is around 125 bucks, but it's also coming USPS and most of that stuff is overlooked for tax collecting for some reason.
I love HJE!!!
The order coming is around 125 bucks, but it's also coming USPS and most of that stuff is overlooked for tax collecting for some reason.
I love HJE!!!
MikeF2316
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It seems every Canadian has used UPS once and only once to ship stuff across the border. And all will never use it a second time and for the same reason. Mine was a $50 brokerage fee on a $70 shipment.
No kidding! The collection agency they got to collect for them was after me for 2 years!
I told them to pound sand.
My best friends girlfriend works for equifax and said they didn't have the power to mark my credit, so i refused to pay them.
lbgradwell
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I have said it before (many times) and I'll say it again:
DO NOT USE UPS FOR SHIPPING TO CANADA!!! EVER!!!
DO NOT USE UPS FOR SHIPPING TO CANADA!!! EVER!!!
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Other methods may be acceptable/preferable for the US, but USPS is pretty much the only way that will make small orders (anyway) feasible to Canada.
UPS is a criminal organization specializing in shakedown "fees" and other forms of extortion when operating in Canada and I would VERY STRONGLY advise against any Canadian ever using their ****** "service".
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stovebolt6
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Oh yeah. I can attest to UPS. Tried it once.
canuckian
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LOL@ UPS. My wife ordered a $40 item and the seller used UPS after she asked them not to only because it was a dollar cheaper for the seller. The dude came to the door and embarrassingly presented her with a $112 bill for brokerage, duties, etc. Needless to say it got refused and returned to sender. Delivery guy chuckled and said that's what he would have done as well.
Epsteins uses USPS flat rate boxes IIRC.
Epsteins uses USPS flat rate boxes IIRC.
What does warmpancakes use? He must have a cheap system figured out.
SMKS
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These are some overly broad generalizations that many people would not agree with.
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canuckian
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yep he makes the most efficient use of space in a USPS flat rate box that I've ever witnessed. I figure he either did a lot of puzzles or played a lot of Tetris as a kid
yep he makes the most efficient use of space in a USPS flat rate box that I've ever witnessed. I figure he either did a lot of puzzles or played a lot of Tetris as a kid
LMAO! I have yet to use him yet, but am keeping a watch on his listings now. I'm sure you'll bet me to it every time tho
MikeF2316
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Where were you with this advice back in the early '90s when I learned my lesson?
lbgradwell
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I could not have helped you then; I did not learn until the early 2000s.
That shipment was returned...
PCO6
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AGREE! I refuse to use UPS.