My Pet peeve

[Vanisle]

Obviously my reply is a little dated but I only recently found this forum. I buy a lot of stuff from the US. To avoid the high cost of shipping and brokerage fees to Vancouver Island I ship items to a package receiving place in Blaine, Washington. I get to Vancouver regularly and, when I do, I just go across the border to Blaine and pick up the items I shipped there. It works pretty good and has saved me a lot of money. Of course, the vendor must allow separate billing and shipping addresses but almost all do.