Comments on: Cheers and jeers

By: david

david — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:25:06 +0000

You’re absolutely right, Mark — USPS is the only way to go across the border. In this case, I was duped by their promise that they had a special deal with UPS to consolidate orders and avoid the brokerage fee, and disgusted by their refusal to do anything about their mistake afterwards.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:01:29 +0000

Ask if they will ship via USPS instead of UPS/FedEx, etc. Via the postal system there are no rediculous brokerage fees, and occasionally even the duties are skipped if customs doesn’t happen to open the package.

Simply pickup at the post office and pay the GST and a small processing fee.

I won’t buy from any US company that will not ship USPS – I was stung once by the UPS gouge, and never again will I fall prey to that rediculous charge.

By: david

david — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:36:25 +0000

That’s Red Sutton in your picture — he runs the shop.

By: Frank Ch. EIgler

Frank Ch. EIgler — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:26:02 +0000

I second the cheers for Sutton Aviation. Some years ago, a kind AME gentleman there very quickly, and absurdly cheaply, repaired a C172 wingtip fairing. I had intimately introduced it to the museum’s hangar doors.

http://web.elastic.org/~fche/pix-air/2003/dsc_2288-r.html

Every time I’ve been to CYRO since, I’ve looked for him to say thanks again, but haven’t been able to.

By: david

david — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:22:07 +0000

It’s tempting to rent a mailbox at the UPS store just across the bridge in Ogdensburg NY (an hour’s drive from Ottawa). I’d have to pay some GST at the border, but I’d get parts much faster that way. I could even fly down, if the FBO has a crew car I could use (or if I felt like the walk from the airport to the store).

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:25:37 +0000

What you need are friends on the “right” side of the border, who will happily forward your freight to you without collecting any such fees. I’m just saying….