My experience with Fed-Ex has always been up front charges with no surprises at the door. UPS on the other hand has been full of unpleasant surprises at the door. Fed-Ex charges a set rate or percentage. UPS charges seem discretionary.
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Below is from the fedex website. Thats just the clearance fee! The clearance entry fee covers these processes and is billed along with duties and taxes.
Clearance Entry Fee Options
Take advantage of lower clearance entry fees (CEF)* when you use the FedEx International Ground brokerage-inclusive option. As your broker, we arrange for clearance services, check the Commercial Invoice and complete entry preparation procedures required by the U.S. or Canada. These procedures can include the calculation of applicable duties and taxes for each type of commodity included in the shipment. The clearance entry fee covers these processes and is billed along with duties and taxes.
You have the flexibility to bill the duties, taxes and CEF to the shipper, recipient or a third party. If the shipper or a third party is not selected, the duties, taxes and CEF will automatically be billed to the recipient.
Clearance Entry Fees List Rates and Tiers
FedEx Customs Value (CAD$)
2018 FedEx Ground CEF List Rates
$0$20
$0
$20.01$40
$7
$40.01$60
$15.45
$60.01$100
$19.30
$100.01$150
$25.50
$150.01$200
$29.00
$200.01$500
$45.35
$500.01$1,000
$50.75
$1,000.01$1,600
$60.10
$1,600.01$2,500
$70.00
>$2,500
$6.03 for each additional $1,000
Is 53 the shipping cost? And was it fedex standard, ground, or express? If it was standard/ground. I wouldnt be surprised if it was around $80-100..
-- Edited by mike667 on Monday 16th of September 2019 05:14:33 PM
Says on the order - $53 is Fed-ex International Economy.
So from the chart you supplied Mike it looks like my total bill of $333.00 U.S. gets converted into Canadian money and that
becomes $442.00 Canadian including the Fedex Shipping charge....so there would be an additional $45.35 plus GST. to contend with.
-G
Correct. But they also might tack on another fee as well. Duty fee too, whatever that would be... in the above it says thats just the clearance fee, plus additional taxes and duties apply too....
I had this info at one time, but no idea where it is. If I recall, the parcel may show up at your door, but you'll get a bill later from FedEx (or the company they use) for the customs clearance fees, duty & taxes. Their fee structure was similar to UPS, where they bill you for what they lay out, and add a bunch of fees onto it.
You don't state in your bio where exactly you live but this may be another one of those cases where the use of a mailbox just across the border could be of financial benefit.
You don't state in your bio where exactly you live but this may be another one of those cases where the use of a mailbox just across the border could be of financial benefit.
He's in Calgary. Mailbox places in Montana are a 3 hour drive for us, so could be cost prohibitive.
When I deal with anyone besides Summit I have stuff sent to a Parcel Service just south of the border and run down to pick it up. Just pay taxes at the border and once in a while if the value of goods is less than $300 they just wave me through.
Summit avoids the brokerage fee and some of the tax somehow, with Fed-Ex, shipping from Ontario. Not worth the hassle to go south to pick it up!
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Rockauto uses fedex, no large cross border fees. Ive paid gst to fedex but very rarely been billed later for any fees. UPS fees are way off the scale, always, in my experience.
With fedex, it appears the large shippers get their fees included at time of order, as rockauto do.
Greaser, let us know what you end up paying and well need pics of the new parts installed too.
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Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
A little off topic but Ebay is now charging taxes no matter what state you order from. We then pay taxes on those taxes. Canadian government removed paying taxes on shipping a number of years back, hope they do the same thing here on the US taxes
-- Edited by 70 SS ACADIAN on Tuesday 17th of September 2019 10:05:03 AM
My experience with Fed-Ex has always been up front charges with no surprises at the door. UPS on the other hand has been full of unpleasant surprises at the door. Fed-Ex charges a set rate or percentage. UPS charges seem discretionary.
/\ this is my experience EXACTLY.
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