[ROVERNET - UK] RE: shipping from US
Jim Cumberland
fjcumberland at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 8 00:31:04 GMT 2008
I agree - I would love to sell stuff to Canada (and I offer to do so), but have lost lots of business both through ebay and through my parts business because sending anything heavy (i.e., tires - 30 lbs) to Canada is INCREDIBLY expensive and a real mess. Buyers usually give up. One possible way to do it, which I have done, is to have to sent to a friend of the buyer who lives nearby in the US, and that person either takes the stuff to the buyer or the buyer comes over for a visit.
It's really a shame that it's such a hassle & costs so much.
My 2 cents'
Jim
----- Original Message ----
From: Geff McCarthy <geffandjulie at comcast.net>
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2008 6:57:27 PM
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] RE: shipping from US
I
mailed
a
set
of
wheels
to
Edmonton.
Cost
about
$`150
USD.
Not
cheap,
not
easy.
AvMedSafe
Geff
and
Julie
McCarthy
677
NW
Melinda
Ave
Portland
OR
97210
503-241-8468
503-799-3809
mobile
-----Original
Message-----
From:
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On
Behalf
Of
Glen
Wilson
Sent:
Sunday,
February
03,
2008
10:35
PM
To:
rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject:
Re:
[ROVERNET
-
UK]
P6
Brakes
-
even
more
??s
Vern
Klukas
wrote:
>
Well,
the
short
and
somewhat
rude
answer
is
that
some
Americans
are
>
self-centered
pricks.
>
>
But
the
reality
is
that
there
are
many
hassles
with
shipping
>
cross-border
and
horror
stories
abound,
so
many
just
don't
want
to
>
find
out
first
hand.
>
>
Yours
>
Vern
Patrick,
When
I
have
sold
on
eBay,
the
shipping
charges
to
Canada
always
turned
out
to
be
extremely
high
and
usually
pretty
complicated
to
figure
out.
A
$20
USD
part
that
I
could
mail
to
Hawaii
in
2-3
days
for
$8
sometimes
ended
up
costing
$32
plus
the
extra
paperwork
involved.
People
north
of
the
border
thought
I
was
trying
to
cheat
them
when
I
was
not.
I'd
suggest
that
anyone
who
is
interested
in
this
simply
go
to
the
USPS
or
UPS
or
FexEx
or
DHL
sites
and
check
it
out
by
pricing
out
a
make
believe
package
and
see
what
numbers
you
get.
I
don't
know
why
the
postage
and
transportation
situation
between
the
USA
and
Canada
is
such
a
mess.
Might
have
been
caused
by
those
people
who
used
to
run
the
World
Bank...
;-)
Glen
>
>>
As
an
aside
can
any
one
explain
why
some
E
Bay
vendors
will
not
ship
>>
outside
of
the
continental
USA
.
Canada
is
only
just
the
other
side
>>
of
the
"
world's
longest
undefended
border
"
We
are
supposed
to
have
>>
free
trade
agreement
,
which
in
theory
should
work
both
ways
?
>
>
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