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Re: Shipping from Canada to US questions
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
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Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:48:19 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Hi,
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> I was just looking at something on Brickbay from a Canadian Store (in
> British Columbia). I'm in Southern California in the U.S.
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> My question is, how much (in $US) does it typically cost to ship a small
> package (say a pound) from British Columbia to Southern California? Also,
> how long does it typically take?
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> I'm worried because I've heard about some international shipping horror
> stories (with customs). Is this a problem between the US and Canada?
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> Any help on this would be appreciated. If its going to cost a lot for
> shipping, or potentially take a lot of time, then I don't want to bother.
As someone who lives in Canada (TO) and mails a LOT of Lego to the US I can
try to relieve some of your fears. First of all the cost for packages
under 1kg (2.2lbs) are pretty reasonable. For airmail they are as follows:
0 - 250g (.5 lbs) = $4.00CDN or $2.75US
250 - 500 g (.5 - 1.1 lbs) = $5.35Cdn or $3.75US
500 - 1kg (1.1 - 2.2 lbs) = $9.40 or $6.25US
These are all considered "SMALL" parcels. Over 2.2lbs the prices go up
considerably. Follow this link to the CanadaPost rate calculator.
http://www.canadapost.ca/CPC2/common/rates/ratesgen.html#US
As for time and reliability. I have send literally 100s of packages with
only 1 "lost" package. They packages will usually arive in about 5 business
days... sometimes quicker... occasionally up to 8 business days.
Hope this helps.
- Jeff
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