US (online) purchase, shipped from/via Canadian address
Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere, but I figured this is a bit of a different issue than the ongoing brokerage fee question.
I've noticed that several of our recent online orders from US retailers have arrived bearing Canadian postage and sending addresses. This is despite us paying both import and cross-border shipping fees. Also, the provided tracking information at no point indicated that the items were intercepted, on the Canadian side of the border, by a third party for re-packaging, etc.
This seems to be a relatively new phenomenon, as previous purchases from the same retailers were always shipped directly to our door from the USA (until a couple of months ago).
This isn't so much a complaint, as an observation, since we weren't charged any more for this apparent extra step in the supply chain. But it does raise some questions about where the product was actually warehoused and who should be responsible for the import duties, etc.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
I've noticed that several of our recent online orders from US retailers have arrived bearing Canadian postage and sending addresses. This is despite us paying both import and cross-border shipping fees. Also, the provided tracking information at no point indicated that the items were intercepted, on the Canadian side of the border, by a third party for re-packaging, etc.
This seems to be a relatively new phenomenon, as previous purchases from the same retailers were always shipped directly to our door from the USA (until a couple of months ago).
This isn't so much a complaint, as an observation, since we weren't charged any more for this apparent extra step in the supply chain. But it does raise some questions about where the product was actually warehoused and who should be responsible for the import duties, etc.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?