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In lugnet.market.theory, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
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> Well, the Canadian government is trying to squish out competition and free
> trade by putting charges on merchandise that comes in from outside of
> Canada. The USPS requires custom forms to items to Canada if it is over a
> pound. I do not know if it is a Candian or US regulation, I would assume it
> is a Canada request.
Kevin already covered the incoming fees issue.
I've sent LEGO to the USA, Australia, and Japan. All of them require
a Customs form (more like a little green sticker) be completed. Each
sticker is specific to the country it's going to it seems (or at
the very least the USA requires a special one, probably for NAFTA).
It's not unique to packages entering Canada from the USA..., I'd
hazard to guess it's pretty much universal.
> Well, Adam, you can rant all you want, but there are certain risks, costs,
> and other things that yous eem not to care about, and these reasons are why
> some people choose not to ship outside of the US, and sometimes, I feel the
> same way, especially after reading some posts in this thread.
As far as I'm concerned people are free to choose where they will
ship to. But here's how my shipping methods work in Canada. Order
comes in, I measure up the sets stacked in the smallest volume
possible. I have learned that *all* LEGO sets will have shipping
charged by volume and not weight because their density is so low. The
"minimum density" that gets applied is an internation standard
so most all countries will calculate the effective weight the same
way. I calculate this weight in all of 15 seconds..., no scale
is required. I then use the Canada Post or UPS or whoever web
sites and look up the rates. I am almost never wrong on the
cost when I get it all packed up and to the post office for
shipping. Thus I can quote exact shipping costs to someone
in a few minutes before they even have to commit to an order.
And I've checked..., the USPS have all the same tables/calculators
on-line as well. So I see no reason for people in the USA to
say shipping to international is "too hard" or whatever.
But again, everybody is free to do whatever they want :]
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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