There was a discussion on here earlier about how you can do the customs paperwork yourself to avoid their outrageous charges. Here is the link from that thread
http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpre...rokerage-fees/ I generally just ask the sender nicely if they would please use USPS instead. Or I have them send the package to some friends in the USA and then have those friends mail it to me with USPS.