Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] selling used camera gear from Canada to USA
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Sep 21 00:29:49 2004

But don't use USPS if you want to sent something to Europe. It takes ages
and customs becomes a real duty that way. In Belgium anyway. No way of
tracking the parcel that way, either.

> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:52:59 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] selling used camera gear from Canada to USA
> 
> 
>> 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.
> 
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Replies: Reply from leicagalpal at earthlink.net (Kit McChesney) ([Leica] selling used camera gear from Canada to USA)
In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] selling used camera gear from Canada to USA)