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Where to buy cheap sockets and adaptors?

Yeahbut UPS tacks on a $30.00 handling fee whereas anything shipped parcel post thru USPS is subject to a $5.00 handling fee for the same service. Government has nothing to do with it. Case in point, a recent purchase of a set of DVD's @ $69.99 + $10.00 S&H cleared customs duty free but subject to provincial and federal sales tax of 8% and 5% on C$76.86 (US$69.99) with Brokerage fee of $29.55 + $1.48 tax. I ended up paying taxes of $11.11 and UPS charges of $29.55 over and above what they were paid to transport the goods. Some years ago UPS tried to charge Junior $35.00 fee on a manufacturers sample clearly labeled as such and "no commercial value", he refused delivery and the item was returned to sender then re-shipped DHL and delivered "NO CHARGE" Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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Gerald Miller
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I get the best deals between 10:30 and noon except the day I picked up something on the road at my first stop - a twenty folded over a fifty. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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Gerald Miller

Can't be worse than regular parcel post to UK. Left here Nov.10, delivered in the other London Feb.3 Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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Gerald Miller

NOT SO, anything over a certain minimum gets sales tax charged and I think UPS has a 25 cent minimum while the post office is possibly $20.00.

Anything but UPS

Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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Gerald Miller

Don't blame UPS for customs rules. Blame the US and Canadian governments.

Paul

*********** Yeah, NAFTA really works well, doesnt it?
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hls

The local one sells sockets and wrenches for half a buck to a buck out of buckets and bins. Have lots of competition in town, so there's an incentive to move the junk. This one puts a date on major tool price tags, if it's sat around too long, you can usually dicker. Got a nice Delta wet grinder for about $20 that way. Went in one day, all pneumatic tools on the table were $5 as-is, had a bunch of brand-name stuff there. Even as parts, most were worth the $5.

Stan

Stan

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stans4

YOu find any good deals on Whitworth sockets and wrenches...keep me in mind.

Gunner, gettting ready to put the 1961 Indian/Royal Enfield on the road.

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Gunner Asch

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