Elektron Musical Instruments

Oh, I def. agree that the UPS brokerage rates are crazy!  I guess 
that's the whole cost/speed tradeoff . . .

As for Canadian sales tax on imported items, I've had to pay that on 
items shipped by other services, too :(

Anyhow, maybe this is becoming off topic ;)

ao.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, tom23 <user29a@y...> wrote:
> 
> > So I took the plunge and ordered from Elektron at
> > US$1250.  The 
> > import charges from UPS were about CA$240 or
> > thereabouts, so in the 
> > end I saved by orderding direct.  It only took a few
> > days to arrive, 
> > too.
> > 
> > ao.
> > 
> 
> I'd like to take a moment to say "UPS are bastards".
> I'm canadian, and I've ordered a ton of things from
> the states. UPS always has the highest most expensive
> 'handling fees' etc etc blah blah blah. It's also
> beyond me why they charge me Canadian sales tax on
> things from abroad - you can bet the swedes wouldn't
> add the pacific sales tax on...
> 
> I always find that waiting a little longer to let real
> postal services handle involves less ass-raping by
> UPS. The worst case I remember was, I bought two rack
> mount pieces for $50 USD each, and the import fees
> from UPS totalled $60 USD. 
> 
> fsckers.
> 
> 
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