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<blockquote data-quote="jokerofdeath" data-source="post: 139403" data-attributes="member: 7001"><p><strong>Re: Discuss</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>That is correct. All carriers that are approved under the CBSAs Courrier/LVS program are fully and legally able to set their rates to whatever they deem appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>As for other carriers...</p><p> </p><p>The ONLY one in Canada that has universally low brokerage rates is Canada Post. All of the rest are either very close to the same or are notably more expensive.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, on $20 - $40 delcared value items, FedEx is only $1 cheaper than UPS. The real flaw with UPS is that there is a TOTALLY non linear increase when moving to the next value range of $40 - $100. This is the one that kills the hardest as it is a $22 brokerage charge with tax.</p><p> </p><p>In my opinion ONLY, it should be $5 for the $0 - $40 and then MAYBE $10 for $40 to $150. Another good idea would be for it to be a fixed % all the way up. So say for instance, 5% of value so that at $100 it would be $5 + tax. Considering that the charge for $1000 is almost exactly 5%, I don't believe that it would be that big of a hardship for UPS to do this. In my opinion of course <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> .</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Well, the real comedy is that the suit is not even real yet. That goofy law firm is still in the petitioning stage with the BC court. When the court sees that the Courrier/LVS program allows for everything that is going on, they will have no option but to toss this puppy right out the door. If the law firm want to try anything, they need to sue the Government of Canada over what Canada Post is getting away with. From cutting service to rural addresses to anti-trust cross subsidization of Purolator from stamp revenues, there are plenty of reasons to sue CP. Not so many to sue UPS and FedEx.</p><p> </p><p>I do agree that this will most likely draw enough attention to possibly cause UPS to restructure its rates for casual importers (Meaning John Q Citizen).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jokerofdeath, post: 139403, member: 7001"] [b]Re: Discuss[/b] That is correct. All carriers that are approved under the CBSAs Courrier/LVS program are fully and legally able to set their rates to whatever they deem appropriate. As for other carriers... The ONLY one in Canada that has universally low brokerage rates is Canada Post. All of the rest are either very close to the same or are notably more expensive. For instance, on $20 - $40 delcared value items, FedEx is only $1 cheaper than UPS. The real flaw with UPS is that there is a TOTALLY non linear increase when moving to the next value range of $40 - $100. This is the one that kills the hardest as it is a $22 brokerage charge with tax. In my opinion ONLY, it should be $5 for the $0 - $40 and then MAYBE $10 for $40 to $150. Another good idea would be for it to be a fixed % all the way up. So say for instance, 5% of value so that at $100 it would be $5 + tax. Considering that the charge for $1000 is almost exactly 5%, I don't believe that it would be that big of a hardship for UPS to do this. In my opinion of course :) . Well, the real comedy is that the suit is not even real yet. That goofy law firm is still in the petitioning stage with the BC court. When the court sees that the Courrier/LVS program allows for everything that is going on, they will have no option but to toss this puppy right out the door. If the law firm want to try anything, they need to sue the Government of Canada over what Canada Post is getting away with. From cutting service to rural addresses to anti-trust cross subsidization of Purolator from stamp revenues, there are plenty of reasons to sue CP. Not so many to sue UPS and FedEx. I do agree that this will most likely draw enough attention to possibly cause UPS to restructure its rates for casual importers (Meaning John Q Citizen). [/QUOTE]
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