I have experience with shipping from Canada to the USA.. I have never had any problems with my receivers getting customs/brokerage or taxed on their items.
I received a few GPU's from a American Sender, I chose UPS as my shipping company to learn they charged me nearly $40 on a item with a $40 claimed value.....
I am wondering if anyone knows any tricks or way to get around these fee's..
My father (avid ebayer) says to always use Canadapost or USPS in most cases. and keep value as low as possible....
I spoke to a supervisor @ UPS to have my $40 brokerage/customs fees down to taxes only $5.30.... I was told by her that all Computer hardware receives these taxes....
Any experience or tips from any members in this great community
UPS will charge you the rip-off $30+ brokerage fee for any parcel except through companies like Newegg who have an arrangement with them not to charge the fee, Canada Post FYI charges $8 and Fedex/Purolator somewhere around $20. So go USPS Priority Mail International anytime you can most times I never pay brokerage+tax perhaps 20% of the time I pay and if getting something from Hong Kong for instance I have never been charged coming from there.
Not to mention the shipping back to sender after 3 attempts, and no means to tell them to keep the item for pickup after it has been sent..
I have found calling the 800 number they provide on their website solves that...