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04-21-2008, 05:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Canada | | | Talkbass Ripoff?
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Hopefully this doesn't get me 'the boot'  
but does anyone here find $27 to ship a $28 TB sweater to Ontario(Canada) a little outrageous?
I wanted the sweater, but with those (inflated?) shipping rates I think I shall pass.
Sry, not the best rant, but I'm not a big ranting kinda guy..  |
04-21-2008, 05:10 PM
|  | _ArchitecT | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas | |  that's steep
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04-21-2008, 05:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Horsham, Pa | | | You should be able to check the actual shipping charges. Are there additional taxes and fees for shipping to Canada?
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04-21-2008, 05:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Canada | | | Oftentimes at the border they will nail you with additional steep tariffs. It depends on the product, I don't know what their guidelines are |
04-21-2008, 05:18 PM
|  | Markbass fanboy | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Delawhere | | | Move to the USA.
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04-21-2008, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Canada | | | hahaha, good one!
oh the love.... |
04-21-2008, 05:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA | | I just shipped a powered mixer to Canada for $22.oo and it was a nice size box at #32.
I think the phrase "take it" suits the situation...
But really, its got to be a mistake.
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04-21-2008, 05:32 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by b to g is yummy Hopefully this doesn't get me 'the boot'
but does anyone here find $27 to ship a $28 TB sweater to Ontario(Canada) a little outrageous?
I wanted the sweater, but with those (inflated?) shipping rates I think I shall pass.
Sry, not the best rant, but I'm not a big ranting kinda guy.. | Don't forget duties and brokerage fees! |
04-21-2008, 10:27 PM
|  | Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin TX | | If the shipment is via USPS, the cost should either be $23.00 Priority Flat rate box, or $14.56 First-class.
This assumes the item weighs 4 lbs. or less (both options), and that it would fit in the Flat rate box. http://ircalc.usps.gov/IntlMailServi...&P=3&O=10&sd=1
Doesn't include customs charges. If shipment is sent via UPS, DHL or FedEx, I will let someone else calculate the cost.
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04-21-2008, 11:15 PM
|  | Hard on Heels Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | | Bass Humor Forum?
That's cause you are making a joke, right?
So TB is responsible for Canadian Customs clearance charges,
brokerage charges and delivery fees?
Its international shipping. That is expensive. No joke.
No, the forum did not rip you off, you chose to ignore the usual fees over the border. Caveat Emptor.
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04-22-2008, 01:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Canada | | | Good point. The whole usa to canada shipping thing is quite often a ripoff. It stinks. |
04-22-2008, 08:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cottage Grove, St. Paul suburb | | Quote:
Originally Posted by b to g is yummy Good point. The whole usa to canada shipping thing is quite often a ripoff. It stinks. | Yeah, but it isn't TalkBass that's ripping anybody off. |
04-22-2008, 08:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: sydney, australia | | | i found the same thing, shipping here to Aus was massive, i do want to support talkbass so i became a "paying" member...
but i still want a damn sweater!!!! |
04-22-2008, 08:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: www.myspace.com/progressrocks | | | Brokerage fees...what a joke. Might as well be controlled by the mafia. |
04-22-2008, 08:50 AM
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