[Mark_T]

Here's something that UPS often doesn't tell their customers: You don't have to pay their extortionate brokerage fee. When the UPS guy shows up at your door asking for his pound of flesh you just say "No thanks, I'll clear it myself". He will then give you a form and take your stuff back to his depot. You then take that form to the closest CBSA office, pay the GST and get a receipt, and then take your receipt to UPS where they have to give you your stuff, no charge. It's a bit more trouble this way, but it's better than paying off those thieves.