[Coco] Shipping with UPS was ReCoCo-X is funding

[J.P. Samson]

On Mar. 26, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:

> Shipping with UPS is suicide for international sales!!!! UPS charges  
> an extortion fee at the Door for any shipment from the USA into  
> Canada (usually its 3 times what the buyer has paid for in both the  
> Item and in shipping!) The shipper NEVER see this fee and it is  
> actually illegal, but Canada seems to look the other way. IF Canada  
> Customs "stops" the package and wants duty, it is a FLAT fee of $5  
> Canadian. They stop only about 1 in a hundred Parcels.

If you ship across the border using UPS Expedited or UPS Express, you  
only pay any tax (GST) and/or duty owing.  All customs handling fees  
are included in the shipping cost.

Also, Canada Post (via USPS) now charges a $10 customs handling fee on  
any item valued higher than $20 in addition to the tax/duty owing.   
However, despite this requirement and as you note, most packages these  
days seem to be "flying under the radar" of customs.

I agree that it is unfortunate that arrangements were not set up to  
permit the CoCo-X to be delivered outside of the U.S.  I suspect I'll  
be buying a generic Altera development board instead to play with.

-- JP