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WTF are you doing getting 6 bills in your mail in a single day anyway? How many credit cards do you have? 6 bills in one day?



berry, you are clearly doing it wrong. life that is.
and what's your beef with u.p.s?. those fuckers work hard and bust their ass to get shit done.

you need to take the motor route issue to the postmaster. simple as that. like northrop said the asshat at the window doesn't know or care.



I need you to tell me I'm doing life wrong? I'm on this sinking ship of a forum, for fuck sake.

I still hold a grudge against the overpaid schnooks at UPS for their strike 10+ years ago. I'm like a Muslim that way. Any slight, no matter how minor or long ago, goes unpunished.

My fresh grudge with them is a month or 2 ago I get an email from a guy in Toronto wanting to buy some merch from me. I've never done any international shipping, so I spent the time of going to UPS, USPS, and FedEX Ground to see exactly what all was involved in getting said smoking device to the Great White North and how much it would run me. UPS came in at the lowest, $20...for a $40 item. I was embarassed when I told the Toronto urbanite what it would cost, but he ordered anyway. When I took it to the UPS Store, sure enough, $20 plus filling out some Customs forms. First shipment to Canada, so O tracked it daily, because I was kind of curious. After a week, it's in his town, been to his doorstep, but not delivered. I get an email from him saying that there was a note on his door saying there was a COD of $40/USD. So I call UPS, at like 2am, to see what it's about. It's a "broker's fee". Apparently a broker runs it through Customs, or prepares it for Customs, or some such shit. The best I can do is have the recipient call UPS Canada to see about getting it waived. He did make it clear that UPS had nothing to do with it...a statement that is important to this meaningless tale.

So I stew about it until I get home in the morning and decide to call UPS Canada myself. The CSR tells me the same thing, nothing can be done about it, not UPS's fault. I asked why I wasn't told about it when I was at the UPS Store, asking about any surprises that might pop up. She finally agrees to pull the charge, but I still have to pay $6 sales tax on it. Fine. I pay it, the guy gets his merch, everyone's happy. A few days later, I'm checking my statement. There's the $6 charge...to UPS Canada Brokerage. After being told several times that the brokers fee has nothing to do with UPS, I find out the broker IS UPS. Fucking lying cocksuckers.

At the end of the day, it was a useful experience. I know what the pitfalls are in shipping to Canada and the ways around them. Opens up a whole new market for me. Thanx UPS Canada!!
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