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Re: Shipping to Canada
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Date:
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 05:16:22 GMT
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James Brown wrote in message ...
> Ok, I'm not sure if this is a rant, or a peeve, or a legitimate gripe. ;-)
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> Of the last 5 packages I've received from the US, all of them were stopped • at
> customs, one of them was opened, and I was charged a handling fee, and GST • on
> all of them, and the whole process made each of them take (avg) 2 weeks
> (between 9 and 13 business days) from post date until I can pick them up • (after
> noon the day after I receive notice of a package waiting)
> On the green customs tag, 1 was marked 'merchandise' 3 were left blank, and • 1
> was marked 'gift', but all five were stopped at the border. One of them • was
> insured, the others were not. Oddly, the one that was insured is also the • only
> one that was opened.
I'm just guessing, but I think that once they opened the first one and they
hit paydirt, your name and address was put on their shit list and you're
going to have a problem from here on out. Try shipping it using someone
else's name and write gift on the slip. The only other thing I can think of
is that maybe something in the packaging that attracted their attention. Did
you use a box that had food or drugs in it?
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| Ok, I'm not sure if this is a rant, or a peeve, or a legitimate gripe. ;-) Of the last 5 packages I've received from the US, all of them were stopped at customs, one of them was opened, and I was charged a handling fee, and GST on all of them, and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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