Thread: USPS to Canada tracking

The one that makes me shake my head is the fee that CBS ads to your mail if they decide to open it. I think it is $19 plus GST. So they hold your package up, often for a week, and then charge you for them having stored it for a week. I have no idea why it takes a week either, but it almost always does. It has been a while since they stored a parcel so I don't remember exactly what they attach to it.

I work for a courier company and the amount of some of the brokerage fees is crazy. The taxes/duties are usually pretty low. It is what they deem the value to be at times it seems. I've had some pretty unhappy people who thought if they bought something online for a cheap price and then get hit with the high brokerage fees......well....they didn't get a good deal at all. Using post is a way cheaper route to go.

Originally Posted by Willisf

I work for a courier company and the amount of some of the brokerage fees is crazy. The taxes/duties are usually pretty low. It is what they deem the value to be at times it seems. I've had some pretty unhappy people who thought if they bought something online for a cheap price and then get hit with the high brokerage fees......well....they didn't get a good deal at all. Using post is a way cheaper route to go.

It has been like that since forever it seems. I ordered a semi finished rifle stock from the US, easily 30 years ago, and it was delivered by a courier service. The duties/tarriffs and sales tax, about 1/3 the purchase price, were expected but adding the fees to the courier service easily doubled the purchase price. Most consumers just don't realize that unfortunately. That was the last time I used a courier service on an international delivery.

Bob