Quote Originally Posted by scalesusa


To avoid Brokerage, use a premium shipping method. The seemingly high shipping rate includes brokerage fees.


You can also use eft to pay the taxes, if not, a charge will be levied because UPS has to advance the taxes for you.


Rather than rely on uninformed advice, read it for yourself. http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html


All of Adorama's shipping options to Canada include brokerage, just FedEx is $20-$30 more than UPS, and doesn't ship any faster. I provided that same UPS link earlier in the thread to show that brokerage was included (for up to 5 items).


The fee for advancing money is covered in that link too, but I chose to ignore it. It's not like it's major for most purchases, as it's 2.7% of your taxes. To pay more than the minimum $5.85, you'd need to order more than $1666 (or $4333 for Alberta), and the fee is $0.35 ($0.14 for Alberta) for each $100 your order is over that. As someone who hates the phone, I'll gladly add a couple bucks to my order to not worry about it. After wasting my time phoning them to find what I'd owe, what their account is, and paying EFT fees, I'd have saved well under $5. If you're ordering several thousands of dollars of stuff, or ordering often, I can see it being worth the effort to pre-pay UPS. Sure, I ordered from the US to save money. After saving $500 on my initial camera purchase, the amount of effort required on my part to save another $4 seemed excessive.