I have really had it with UPS!
I received my shipment of SOL merchandise via UPS this morning. Instead
of the parcel mearly being handed to me, I was greated by the friendly
comment, "Oh, there is a shipping COD charge of $54.76 on that parcel."
I was livid! "But the entire order was only worth $74.76!", I exclaimed.
A shrug was all I got in return. I asked, "don't you have a breakdown of
those costs?". "No, it just says it is a customs and bokerage fee."
So I scraped together the cash (UPS doesn't accept credit cards) and
paid the gal. Her only suggestion was that I call UPS and they can give
me the breakdown - from experience, this isn't something they do very
cooperatively.
I am sick and tired of UPS charging outrageous sums of money to me just
because I live 50 miles North of the 49th Parallel. Haven't they heard
of Free Trade? - most of the duties are down to nill now (like 0-3% on
most items). I plan on getting to the bottom of this, I've been stiffed
one too many times by them! To top it off, they don't even have a
shipping office here in Lethbridge! If I miss their 3 delivery attempts,
the parcel is sent back! - If they had an office, I'd be able to pick up
my order on the way to work.
>From what I understand, UPS service in the US is quite good -
inexpensive and reliable. It seems the only thing I can rely on them to
do here is rip me off!
Enough whining for now! (save it for our friends at UPS)...
On the topic of the merchandise - It all looks great! Many thanxs to all
involved in making it happen. My only complaint is that they didn't
have the silver Polo Shirts and substituted a white one. This was fine,
but I would have appreciated a call or something to check if I minded.
Thanx to everyone who helped pull it off!
Greg.
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