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OK...so what is the U.S. price for the UCS X-Wing at S@H?
In lugnet.loc.ca, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Richard Noeckel writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.ca, Michael Jorgensen writes:
> > > Anyone ordered the UCS X-Wing from S@H (LEGO Direct) in Canada yet?
> >
> > Don't do it, be strong, hold-out. Buy the item in a retail store. I love
> > LEGO, but their 'evil' counterpart S@H (LEGO Direct) is corrupt.
>
> Gee Richard, why don't you tell us how you really feel?
>
> > Ever since they moved from Missagua, Ontario, you now have to pay $2.00
> > customs fee, AND they charge you 1.45 in exchange rates, AND I’ve herd that
> > you have to pay customs tax again once you receive the item!!!!!! PLUS in
> > late summer, ---SHIPPING IS NO LONGER FREE--- I told you they've gone crazy.
>
> A $2.00 fee is less than Canada Customs charges for brokerage ($5.00) and far
> far less than some other companies (UPS, for example, will typically run you
> up a $30 to $40 brokerage fee before they quit).
>
> You don't have to pay customs tax more than once, ever. If you do, then
> someone along the line is defrauding you. (AFAIK)
>
> As to the 1.45 exchange rate, that's not up to them, it's up to the global
> economy. I recently ordered a shipment from S@H, and after all was said and
> done, the difference between what it cost now, and what it cost a year ago,
> was pennies.
>
> And the shipping being no longer free isn't exactly right. Shipping was never
> "free", it was just built into the cost of each individual set - that's why
> S@H prices are higher than retail. Presumably, that will change.
>
> > Here’s hoping that the LEGO Wookies disembowel the S@H (LEGO Direct) evil
> > empire…
>
> Hmm. That's a pretty non-productive hope, given that LEGO Direct is the
> branch of LEGO that is communicating with us (albiet sporadically).
>
> ...or are you just being deliberately inflamatory?
>
> James
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| (...) Gee Richard, why don't you tell us how you really feel? (...) A $2.00 fee is less than Canada Customs charges for brokerage ($5.00) and far far less than some other companies (UPS, for example, will typically run you up a $30 to $40 brokerage (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.starwars)
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