RE: Shipping from Canada

["BHonnold" <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

Thanks for the advice,

The part is a dual fan setup from a passat, it has been dismantled so it's
the fan shroud, and the two fans and belt (i hope).  Im getting the parts
free as long as I pay shipping.

BcH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Riley McDowall
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 4:29 PM
> To: BHonnold
> Cc: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Shipping from Canada
>
>
> At 4:12 PM -0800 2/24/01, BHonnold wrote:
> >I have a line on some parts at a great price but I have to pay
> shipping from
> >Eastern Canada and the dude with the parts has no clue the best
> way to ship
> >them to me.
> >
> >Could one of you guys/gals tell me the best/cheapest shipping
> company or way
> >to do this?
> >
> >Brian Honnold
>
> It really depends on the size of the shipment, and the urgency in getting
> it down to you.  The easiest way to ship it would be to send it
> through the
> mail.  That's also the cheapest way to do it, provided the shipment isn't
> bigger than one box or worth a lot of money.  Unfortunately it's also the
> slowest and the least reliable way to do it.  Option 2 is to ship via UPS.
> This gives you a reasonable delivery time, plus gives you
> tracking numbers,
> etc.  It's also fairly cheap, until the parts get to your door and you get
> hit with a "brokerage fee" that is absolutely atrocious.  That's why I
> don't recommend using UPS standard.  I believe if you ship UPS Express or
> Express Saver you won't get hit with the brokerage fee, but you will of
> course be paying for an air shipment.  UPS also uses dimensional weights,
> so if you're shipping something bulky you'll get hosed.  Option 3
> is FedEx.
> It's pricey but they have a 3-day service that isn't tooo bad.  You get a
> high level of reliability and again, I think you don't get hit with a
> brokerage fee.
>
> BTW duty on auto parts is (if I recall) 4% on used parts over $200US?
> Maybe only on shipments from Canada to the States....
>
> HTH!!
>
>
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