My Experience re. shipping to Canada
Yes, anything being imported with a price over $20.00 should have the GST collected, most of the time. Sometimes, when you've bought used off a market site, such as Ebay, they will not collect the...
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Little Kopit,
You are correct, but many times the cost of shipping Parcel Post (now called Standard Post) is the same as or more than using a flat rate box from the US Postal Service. Standard Post weighs everything and calcuales distance too. Therefore, a light weight box going a short distance will be inexpensive, but a heavy box or one going a long way will be more expensive.
USPS flat rate boxes come in varying sizes. Businesses like them because if the item fits in the box it ships for one rate regardless of distance or weight. Priority Mail International Flat Rate Box to Canda could be a very good choice shipping a small, heavy object from Florida to BC. It could be a poor choice shipping a large light weight object from Detroit to Windsor.
The problem here is that the shipper has to THINK about the best way to ship an item........ and sometimes thinking is not what can be expected from those in the shipping dept of a company. In addition, most retailers rarely charge the true cost to ship an item.
You are correct, but many times the cost of shipping Parcel Post (now called Standard Post) is the same as or more than using a flat rate box from the US Postal Service. Standard Post weighs everything and calcuales distance too. Therefore, a light weight box going a short distance will be inexpensive, but a heavy box or one going a long way will be more expensive.
USPS flat rate boxes come in varying sizes. Businesses like them because if the item fits in the box it ships for one rate regardless of distance or weight. Priority Mail International Flat Rate Box to Canda could be a very good choice shipping a small, heavy object from Florida to BC. It could be a poor choice shipping a large light weight object from Detroit to Windsor.
The problem here is that the shipper has to THINK about the best way to ship an item........ and sometimes thinking is not what can be expected from those in the shipping dept of a company. In addition, most retailers rarely charge the true cost to ship an item.
