Hey Dave,
For any future shipping of kits, you may want to consider a drop location in Port Huron or even the one I use in Lewiston. The place in Lewiston charges me a flat rate of $35 for anything on a skid, and $5 for anything in a package, and it sits there until I pick it up. I just picked up two packages last weekend (VSI, gascolator, throtle quad) and all it cost me was $10 (2 boxes) to have it stored there until I picked it up. The drop location wants our business!
I cross the border, pay my $5 or $35 fee (my wing kit in 2 weeks), hit the border and pay the taxes...that easy. No brokerage, No BS. Just the cost of my time to pick it up with a trailer.
For me, the 3 hour drive there and back is worth it. A friend of mine is building a -7 and I called Barb at Van's and had both his fuse kit and my wing kit be sent together by ABF to the drop. It will cost each of us $325 for shipping. When he had his wing kit delivered to his door, it cost him well over a $1000.
If you want the info, let me know. I do fly the T-6 Harvard out of Tillsonburg, so if you have any small packages coming across, we could set something up. Not too far off from ya!
Cheers,
Don