bbarsh wrote:I am in the middle of one of those right now. This one went to Canada. Problem is that I can't do shit because there is no "choice available when you ship internationally. There is no tracking number for standard airmail packages. I had go through customer service nightmare just to get an email through to paypal which I have no idea if it ever got where it was supposed to go. Basically, if you do not have tracking, your f...ked. The crappy thing is that everything I send goes priority w/track in the u.s. no exceptions. Overseas goes global priority - so you get a track number. Problem is that boxed set stuff is too pricey so it goes reg. airmail - which is what my current problem is. Time to amend my shipping policy yet again. No packages go international. Just what I can get in a glob. priority.
Terminal_Frost wrote:I recall UPS ground is pretty reasonable to Canada (and has tracking).
If you can get insurance on an item going overseas you will at least have one leg to stand on since it is scanned when it crosses over to the next country. I havent had to use that in a claim yet but maybe that would be acceptable in a dispute (proof that it was sent at least).
GraysonAC wrote:Terminal_Frost wrote:I recall UPS ground is pretty reasonable to Canada (and has tracking).Yeah, UPS ground is reasonable. Until the item arrives, and the person has to pay brokerage fees, plus all possible duties and taxes
Blackmoor wrote:GraysonAC wrote:Yeah, UPS ground is reasonable. Until the item arrives, and the person has to pay brokerage fees, plus all possible duties and taxes And the brokerage fees are $40.00 Total rip-off, I always ask to send via reular post and take my chances.J
GraysonAC wrote:Yeah, UPS ground is reasonable. Until the item arrives, and the person has to pay brokerage fees, plus all possible duties and taxes
Kosh Vorlontay wrote:What the hell are the brokerage fees for?!
GraysonAC wrote:Yup. It's something you have to pay at the door too. I bought an $1800 USD lot from a guy in the US, he shipped it via UPS, and it ended up costing me around $600 CDN at my door - brokerage + duty + taxes. Truly ridiculous.I'll never, ever, ever get anything delivered internationally via courier again.