[cfabluenose]

Can anyone explain how to arrange for a pickup of auto parts from an American location by a courier to be shipped to a Canadian address? It doesn't seem clear that this can be arranged from Canada. Thanks for your help.

[Kid Eh]

I believe you need to make an account. I did it through UPS and then scheduled a pickup in the US and had it shipped to me in Canada.

[cfabluenose]

Originally Posted by Kid Eh

I believe you need to make an account. I did it through UPS and then scheduled a pickup in the US and had it shipped to me in Canada.

I'll check UPS. I checked with FedEx earlier and was told that I could not do this for ground shipment. Since I would like to ship some wheels, shipping by air would be too expensive.

[zuluZero]

I haven't done it yet myself - but I've heard it can be done with USPS, at least for some vendors / package sizes.

[BavFan_08]

Originally Posted by cfabluenose

Can anyone explain how to arrange for a pickup of auto parts from an American location by a courier to be shipped to a Canadian address? It doesn't seem clear that this can be arranged from Canada. Thanks for your help.

Ive done this before.

There is a UPS outlet near the queenston/lewiston bridge..not to far from the miltitary trail outlet mall...all you do is tell the seller to send to a location that does "HOLD FOR PICKUP"

Call the location and make sure they do that. YOu do not NEED an account. ive done this many times at the Niagara Falls,NY UPS location.

Keep in mind hold for pickup only lasts for 3 business days before they return back to the sender.

[Kid Eh]

Originally Posted by BavFan_08

Ive done this before.

There is a UPS outlet near the queenston/lewiston bridge..not to far from the miltitary trail outlet mall...all you do is tell the seller to send to a location that does "HOLD FOR PICKUP"

Call the location and make sure they do that. YOu do not NEED an account. ive done this many times at the Niagara Falls,NY UPS location.

Keep in mind hold for pickup only lasts for 3 business days before they return back to the sender.

I think you're misunderstanding. He doesn't want to personally pick the shipment up as I think he's in Nova Scotia. He wants the courier to pick it up and deliver it to him. See some places aren't allowed to ship to Canada so they can't make the arrangements. But if you set it all up yourself it's ok. It's kind of like a loophole. I had to do it a few months ago with a prominent BMW parts seller that no longer ships to Canada.

[cfabluenose]

Originally Posted by Kid Eh

I think you're misunderstanding. He doesn't want to personally pick the shipment up as I think he's in Nova Scotia. He wants the courier to pick it up and deliver it to him. See some places aren't allowed to ship to Canada so they can't make the arrangements. But if you set it all up yourself it's ok. It's kind of like a loophole. I had to do it a few months ago with a prominent BMW parts seller that no longer ships to Canada.

That's exactly the situation. The border is a long distance from me (about a 6 hour drive). So I need to have the order shipped directly to my address.

[BavFan_08]

Originally Posted by Kid Eh

I think you're misunderstanding. He doesn't want to personally pick the shipment up as I think he's in Nova Scotia. He wants the courier to pick it up and deliver it to him. See some places aren't allowed to ship to Canada so they can't make the arrangements. But if you set it all up yourself it's ok. It's kind of like a loophole. I had to do it a few months ago with a prominent BMW parts seller that no longer ships to Canada.

Ah ok. MY BAD.

As a previous poster said, you just setup an account with the courier and arrange for the courier to pick up the shipment. Hopefully the original seller will be nice enough to help setup the waybill or you can set it up yourself, and email the PDF file to the original seller and tell him to paste it on the package....