Cross-Border Shipping....

[Neil Morrison]

Any small city just below the border will have a raft of small
private mail box companies. You can ship an item to one of them as
long as they are told in advance and they will hold it for you for a
small fee (about US $3 - $4 typically).

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary" <gb.fort at SYMPATICO.CA>


> I too got burnt with the UPS brokerage charges, so a friend let me
share the
> use of their US PO Box just across the border which works out
pretty good
> especially when I cannot get there straight away.
>
> For those senders who "Only Ship UPS", the UPS Depot in Niagara
Falls NY
> will notify you when a parcel arrives and hold it for pick-up for 7
days (5
> bus. days). You just have to ask the sender to put your phone no.
after your
> name, address it to the depot's address and UPS will call you when
it
> arrives. I was told that 75% of their customers were Canadians.

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