Problems with shipping to Canada

All you friendly, acommodating Canadians are making it tough for me to freeze out of future sales. Not only do you guys have great audio manufacturers north of the border, you're true audiophiles too!

Dean (Gunbei), nice that all of us nice, friendly "Canadians" were able to convince you to keep shipping things north of the border. I would be a true loss to Canadian Hifi if the access to the US market would be closed due to couple of bad experiences. Pre-living in Canada I have always shipped things cross borders if people were interested. One can have bad experiences on either side of the border, and of course many more good ones on both sides as well.

One can have bad experiences on either side of the border, and of course many more good ones on both sides as well.

Restock, while this is true, what protection does one have from a Canadian not paying their import duties?
Yes, it seems that other more expensive shipping options would rectify this situation. Is the answer to charge Canadians more for shipping, and not allow them the cheapest form of shipment (Fed Ex Ground)?

I have learned enough from this thread that I MAY ship to Canada again, but a Canadian will have to pay more for shipping than a USA buyer. I will try USPS, which is more $$$, but I'll never ship Fed Ex Ground to Canada again.

I will never accept a lowball offer from Canada again, that's for sure.

John

Hey, look at my feedback. I have bought my stuffs from the State in the past few years with no problem at all. There can be really smooth transactions.

As a responsible adult, I think all Canadian buyers should know they have to pay the duty, taxes, brokerage fee etc, NOT by the USA sellers. You can use your own intelligent or knowledge to lower what you have to pay, BUT you have to pay for your part.

Shame on those that don't have these common senses and you better buy from your local junk yards.

I do encourage the USA sellers to deal with Canadian buyers with high feedback rating.

Happy trading!

John, why the hell would you accept a lowball offer period unless you are desperate to sell whatever it is you have?

In addition, I don't understand what kind of fool would want to use FedEx ground or UPS to get anything from the States to Canada. USPS express parcel post with tracking and insurance is much better. If the item is a heavy amp for example, use FedEx Air rather than ground. Yeah, it costs much more but the brokerage fees are all calculated into the charges AND you are guaranteed to receive it within 24 or 48 hours depending on the service you're paying for.