Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20

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Subject: [Leica] selling used camera gear from Canada to USA
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Mon Sep 20 19:53:00 2004
References: <ebec0cc0a68440a4a22501165093ca6e.tom@sleepytom.com>

> If you ship it via UPS the recipient will be required to pay an
> extra (substantial) charge. I suggest avoiding them. I can't
> remember exactly what they call the charge, whether it is "duty" or
>  something else; but the declared contents will not avoid the
> charge. I have been maddened by this more than once.

Boy, is this true. UPS kills you with additional charges. I've had the same 
problem shipping to people in Ontario. For shipping across the US/Canada 
border, use the US Postal Service or Canada Post, as appropriate.


Replies: Reply from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] selling used camera gear from Canada to USA)
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