Help Please Canada Shipping

[Zedder]

Have the guy locate the closest UPS store (in Michigan) to the border and ship the parts there. He can go and pick them up for a service fee of $5 or so and pay no brokerage charges and get cheaper shipping. This is what I do...

[BARRY]

hi so i have it shipped to the boarder ups store i drive 3-4 hours from oakville whats this cost in GAS AND TIME

[Zedder]

You must live in another Oakville...mine is 55 minutes to the UPS store and the wife gets to do a Target run at the same time All I get is my parts and a bucket of Buffalo's finest chicken wings BTW, UPS brokerage charges are $40 per package which more than covers my gas And some people might not declare their purchases and avoid the 13% taxes...but I wouldn't do that

[prototype]

If you are going to use USPS it is also a good idea to use AIR MAIL. The cost is marginally more (25%) and the item gets here in about a week or so. I've had ground items take up to six weeks.

The brokerage fees at UPS are just plain silly. Something that might cost $50 in fees from UPS is a flat $6 charge from USPS.

I'll go back to sleep in my igloo now

[Salvatore]

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You must live in another Oakville...mine is 55 minutes to the UPS store and the wife gets to do a Target run at the same time All I get is my parts and a bucket of Buffalo's finest chicken wings BTW, UPS brokerage charges are $40 per package which more than covers my gas And some people might not declare their purchases and avoid the 13% taxes...but I wouldn't do that

[/ QUOTE ]Now there is a plan! I will do a double on the wings and go visit Camaro Specialities (Bob and Craig) while my wife is at the outlets in Buffalo.

[BARRY]

HI sorry i did not relise thier is a michigan in buffalo

[SD 396]

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See if their is bus line that goes up there. The cheapest shipping I found out is Greyhound.. I shipped a hood to NY from FL for under 200 dollars.
For ALL you guys shipping parts, check with Grayhound. You will be in shock at the prices and how easy it is to ship !!

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There are no bus lines that will cross the border with parts. There are some courier companies that won't either. I ship and receive quite a few parts and believe me it can be a real pain sometimes. It's almost like another country or something.

[Bad Brad]

I have shipped all over the world with lots of parts and I only use USPS for them, because they have the best prices and their speed is the fastest. I only use UPS $ greyhound for large and very heavy parts.

[300deluxeL79]

canada post/usps for me. shipped a 302 crank to maryland through the mail, no problem.

[StriperSS]

As a Canadian, I prefer to have everything from the US shipped to me by USPS. I have had Corvette rims shipped by the post office, and they arrived just fine. Not all on the same day, but they got here. The frustrating thing with UPS or FedEx, is that there is always another cost on top of the shipping, and you never know when the bill will come, or how much it will be.
If you are selling used parts into Canada, just mark on the declaration slip that they are used parts, made in USA, and they will arrive just fine.
Thanks, John.