Ykick
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This tangent began in another thread and since it's probably important enough to discuss at length for the good of the community, I wanted to continue the topic in it's own thread:
I know businesses handle shipping easy/simple enough to Canada/USA but whenever I've fulfilled personal eBay/PayPal sales it always seems to be a hard nut to crack with enough seller protection (tracking) and forms to avoid holdups in customs.
Thoughts, techniques, ideas? Please....
Ykick said:markz said:ebay store does not ship to Canada, I believe Yescomusa ships to Canada.
I dont understand why companies do not ship to Canada.
Example: I was looking at Fatheadz Sunglasses, love them, they fit my fat head. Willing to pay more for shipping. Nope. OK Next.
I dunno how it works from your direction but in my experience shipping packages USA-to-Canada is extremely costly, non-trackable and difficult for an individual to do. Maybe I'm missing something and considering the large number of you good folks on ES perhaps a topic of discussion is in order?
I feel terrible limiting my few personal sales to Canada but I've been burned in the past for something that sat in Customs for months - I had no choice but to refund and write off a total loss. If not for the honest buyer who contacted me months later once the package finally arrived and he voluntarily re-paid for the item I would've eaten a very large chunk of money.
So, how is it reasonably done from an individual to ship small-medium boxes, packages to Canada? I never seem to be able to choose tracking method that isn't ridiculously expensive, what carrier is generally the best and how to deal with the damn customs declarations?
hydro-one said:hk has no issues getting huge boxes full of lipo up here. they have the hazmat sticker and done via ups.
dhl did a cromotor from methods to me , charged an extra 20 bux import fees.....
generally anything heavy u dont want ups or fedex. they hammer u with fees when delivered.......
usps is ok yet slow.
I know businesses handle shipping easy/simple enough to Canada/USA but whenever I've fulfilled personal eBay/PayPal sales it always seems to be a hard nut to crack with enough seller protection (tracking) and forms to avoid holdups in customs.
Thoughts, techniques, ideas? Please....