Guess where I live! That nearly forgotten part of North America where there is, nonetheless, a thriving market for eBay sellers. Yet I have this argument over and over again. Shipping to the States: $2. Shipping to Canada: $4.95. What is the problem here? I get CDs sent up for, at the last count (in November 2007), $1.62 postage and I'm not even sure that is the correct price. I think the person overpaid and it may be less. But add a maximum of $0.50 for a bubble pack and another $1 max for handling and you've got just over $3. One seller that sells A LOT charges $3.49 to Canada and gives a break on any other CDs purchased at the same time, and that's really not too bad. But charging over $4 is what we used to call "highway robbery." I mean, if you use recycled packaging and content yourself with making a small increment on top, then really, $2 is enough and there are sellers who agree to this. But most don't. Some sellers, who obviously have no desire to sell up North, are charging $7.95 S&H to Canada on a single CD. I guess it's that old story: Never give a sucker an even break. If someone is silly enough to pay exorbitant S&H fees, so be it.
This just in: guy wants to send me a book that is "a little bit heavy" for $23.95, while charging $5.99 media mail in the U.S. (true: media mail is not available to Canada, but the $23.95 represents a mark-up of at least 250%). Another guy is selling DVDs in Florida: S&H to the U.S.A.: $3.99. To Canada: $16.95. His reply to the question Why do you charge so much?: That's our price to Canada. (End of story.) What is this telling us? So many US sellers have this urge to take advantage of Canadians. I wonder what it's all about...
Anyway, the long and the short of this is: it costs fractionally more to send something to Canada than it does within the U.S.A.; not 200% or 300% more!! There's other ways of making a buck than overcharging on shipping and handling!
Guide created: 11/08/07 (updated 05/12/09)


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