Elektron Musical Instruments

> 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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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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> "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the 
entrails of the last priest."       - Denis Diderot

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