[Boatanchors] Canadian Shipping Charges

[manualman at juno.com]

Let's say you want to ship from Toronto, M3N 1V7 to the NJ
Equipment 8"X 8"X 5" Weighs 4 pounds, Value $65
XPRESSPOST is $32.35
Fuel Surcharge $3.64
Total $35.99
It can also be sent by Expedited Parcel $21.95
Fuel Surcharge $1.37
Total $23.32

If I was to send the same equipment from NJ to anywhere in Canada:
Priority Mail International $35.30 (with this equipment size flat rate
box would cost more)
First Class International Parcel  is $27.35.

There is not a lot of difference between the Canadian XPRESSPOST and USPS
Priority Mail.
The Expedited Parcel and the First Class Parcel would generally take
longer to get to their destination.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com



On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:33:24 -0400 (EDT) L L bahr 
<pulsarxp at embarqmail.com> writes:
> OK, let's forget China.  I just went to epay and for drill pulled up 
> Heathkit HG-10 VFOs as an example.  There are four of them listed 
> right now and they hardly weigh anything.  The US ones show shipping 
> charges of $15 and $18.  The Canadian ones show shipping of $35 and 
> $61. What's that all about?  I can send things to Canada for a 
> little more then what it costs to send something within the states.
> 
> Lee, w0vt
> Houston 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> The answer is simple ... Government subsidy.
> 
> It gets even worse, all that stuff from China arrives in 
> containers,
> then put into the USPS system to be delivered. And the USPS gets
> NOTHING for that.
> 
> The UPU rules are a tad outdated.
> 
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
> 
> 
> On 7/29/2013 6:56 PM, L L bahr wrote:
> > Why is it when you want to have a resistor shipped from Canada to 
> the USA, the shipping charges are through the roof yet I can order 
> something from China and pay shipping charges that are unbelievably 
> low?  I have given up buying anything from Canada for this reason.  
> You want to buy a $10 item and the shipping will be $20!  Who is 
> ripping who off?  I've sent things to Canada without paying outrages 
> prices.  Yes the delivery was slow, however.  When I see something 
> from Canada these days,  I just blow it off.  Costs are just too 
> extreme for me.   (You want a $5 3 oz. vacuum tube, and it will cost 
> you $10 or more to get it.)
> >
> > Lee, w0vt
> > Houston
> > 
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