Ups crooks
Canada Post has started getting in on the game as well , if the package comes from a company they collect the taxes for RevCan . I always try to have things shipped as Warranty Return and label everything as Nafta exempt auto parts when ever possible .
As for UPS nightmares I bought a couple of interior pieces from a good FABO guy for 135 bucks , they split the shipment and created a second shipping tag so instead of splitting the pieces that where taped together as one into 1 shipment of 2 pieces they split it into 2 shipments of 1 piece each with a declared value of 135 each , they did this after it cleared customs because the tracking showed the original single package all the way into customs , they charged me the 50 buck brokerage fee per shipment plus the 12 % PST/GST per shipment times 2 for a total of 132.40 on top of the shipping I paid through the shipper . The last time I had anything sent through them .