What are brokerage fees?
Brokerage fees are applied by a shipping service like UPS or USPS. They can apply brokerage fees when they’ve been required to fill out additional paperwork on your behalf in order to expedite the shipping process. Usually these fees cannot be contested, because their actions are necessary to meet their 2-3 day delivery time. Packages shipped via USPS are less likely to have these fees applied since USPS doesn’t rush across the border; they pass through the normal customs process.
A brokerage fee is something that a courier charges on ground shipments to cover any duty. The courier acts as a “broker” on your behalf to pay the duty to Canada Customs. The recipient of the package will not see an invoice from Canada Customs. The beef against couriers that use brokerage is that the brokerage fee is much, much more than duty would actually be, so essentially they’re overcharging. The recipient must pay these outstanding brokerage fees before they can claim their package.
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