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Re: Please read, re: S@H orders to Australia
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shipping
Date: 
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:42:40 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

  Frassin' rassin' sacca' raccin' customs dweebies.

(much snippage>

I don't know if any parallels can be drawn between Australia and Canada, but
my experience in Canada leads me to strongly believe that the "bad guys"
here aren't S@H, or customs dweebies, but rather UPS.

Every *SINGLE* time I've gotten a parcel via UPS, there are outrageous fees
attached, coupled with horrendous exchange rates.  Of the three UPS parcels
I've gotten, 2 of them cost me more to receive than the value+shipping of
the product.  The third time it was a $200+ parcel, and the UPS hit was
"only" about $80.

But maybe it's just me.

thanks,

James

(added market.shipping, thought about snipping lego.direct, but it still
seems relevant)



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  Re: Please read, re: S@H orders to Australia
 
An update from my order 1. Ordered on the thursday 2. recieved an phone message on the monday - fast shipping! 3. phoned ups got the run around and told to get lego topay as it was their fault 4. phone lego australia, and told to return the order (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shipping)
  Re: Please read, re: S@H orders to Australia
 
(...) I guess thats what happens when you use UPS. Personally, I like Priority Mail (in USA). As for Canada's wonderous mail system, CANADA POST - first class mail seems to take twice as long as first class in US.... oh well... Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shipping)

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  Re: Please read, re: S@H orders to Australia
 
(...) I'm surprised. Category 95033000 gets charged duty? If I ship things from AU to the USA under "toys, plastic, parts and whole" there's no duty. I had thought it would work similarly in return. Though maybe they classify these as coming from (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)

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