Problems with shipping to Canada

I ship to canada 5 to 8 times a month. With USPS no problems. With Fedex no problems, but talk to your FEDEX REP first.

The purchaser pays all fees up front. The Import duties are the purchasers to take care of. - When fedex brings this through customs for the purchaser to RECIEVE the package they have to pay the import duty.

If your not specific when you ship, the purchasing party may try to say that the shipper is responsible. Because Fedex is a USA company they can only go back to you to get the money.

Just make everything up front, and ASK YOUR FEDEX REP how things work and plan accordingly.

International? Germany is a nightmare especially from USA. Seems they are looking for BAD things in the Packages. It might take a extra 3-4 weeks for customs clearance.

Hold your horses eh!....shipped watt puppies from quebec to california....hell never again.Thank God ,i too came across one of many true GON memebers and turned this nightmare into a success

Oh yeah when using USPS, you need to inform the receiving party that there is no insurance option (since once it is out of USPS hands they are not responsible) so once you send it, everything else is at their risk. There are no tracking number for USPS shipments international.

It gets lost! You can't track it
It gets Damaged! No one is responsible (so make sure to pack it for guerilla treatment)

There are tracking numbers for USPS depending on the service you use. I always request USPS Global Express,Global Priority or Insured Mail Int'l depending on size and value. Never a problem.

I've been sent alot of packages from the U.S. (I am Canadian) and have ALWAYS paid for the shipping along with the agreed upon price, without exception. I always clarify that I will pay for shiping immediately upon initial contact with the seller (except for one time when a seller/sender refunded the shipping price to me, happy that I didn't try to haggle him from his asking price, a nice surprise.)
I have bought 65lb. amps, 75lb each speakers, cables, c.d.'s, large items, bulky items, heavy items, small items, .... you get the point- I've always used DHL, ground and air, without a dent in my packages. DHL comes highly recommended from my own experiences.
So, perhaps in such situations it's "seller beware" along with "buyer beware". I think it's a good practice to insist pre-paid shipping, too many jerks in this world who are completely ignorant to common courtesy and good business practices.