killjoy32 wrote:well i live in the UK, but have shipped to the majority of europe, russia, japan, scandinavia, australia, new zealand, brazil, mexico, US, canada and prb a few other places. pretty much anywhere really. only place i have EVER had a problem was italy.Al
Deadlord36 wrote:I just lost another one to the U.K., and as usual it was a very rare item.
beyondthebreach wrote:I have remarked previously about Italy . . . if I leave out Canada, I ship as much to Italy as to all other countries combined. D&D items are red hot - Wrath of the Immortals, Immortal, Master & Companion Sets, DA series modules as well as all other D&D modules, Gazetteers, etc. Also a fair amount of BattleTech goes their way.
GraysonAC wrote:Yeah, packages heading up here to Canada often take longer than they should. Canada Post is an all-around crappy organization.Shame you don't ship with m-bags though Reindeergamez. Those are about the only way international folks can make large orders without paying obscene amounts for shipping.
Badmike wrote:Canadian post is one of the worst in the world. It's mindboggling. Anything declared over $50 is torn open, and sealed back with maybe one piece of tape. They hold stuff at customs for no reason. They send items back if the name and address aren't in all caps. I've had more Canadian stuff sent back for one reason or another than all other countries combined (and 99% of the time it's for a stupid reason, like the time they said there was no custom form and the custom form was taped on the outside of the box in a cellaphone envelope with the words "Custom Form" in huge block letters)... Once I started declaring everything I send to Canada as "used books" and the value as under $20, the torn open boxes and inexpertly sealed envelopes went away. Mike B.
Badmike wrote:GraysonAC wrote:Yeah, packages heading up here to Canada often take longer than they should. Canada Post is an all-around crappy organization.Shame you don't ship with m-bags though Reindeergamez. Those are about the only way international folks can make large orders without paying obscene amounts for shipping.Canadian post is one of the worst in the world. It's mindboggling. Anything declared over $50 is torn open, and sealed back with maybe one piece of tape. They hold stuff at customs for no reason. They send items back if the name and address aren't in all caps. I've had more Canadian stuff sent back for one reason or another than all other countries combined (and 99% of the time it's for a stupid reason, like the time they said there was no custom form and the custom form was taped on the outside of the box in a cellaphone envelope with the words "Custom Form" in huge block letters)... Once I started declaring everything I send to Canada as "used books" and the value as under $20, the torn open boxes and inexpertly sealed envelopes went away. Mike B.
deimos3428 wrote:Canada Customs is completely arbitrary on which packages they decide to process. About half the time, they don't bother, simply due to backlog. If they choose to open a package, they'll charge $5 for the privilege of having your stuff rifled through by a Customs Professional (no autograph, either! ), even if there isn't duty/excise/tax on the item. Essentially, they suck.I don't have any specific problems with Canada Post, however.
Badmike wrote:Sorry, I should have made the distinction. That's pretty mind boggling though, the way you are charged for the privilege of having your mail opened. I remember several years ago a Canadian customer insisted on insurance for something like $200 worth of stuff, I typically warn against it due to charges, but I did this time. He not only got nailed for a whopping tax fee but predictably enough Customs inexpertly ripped the box to pieces trying to find out why "used books" were worth $200, couldn't put the priority box back together since they had torn it to pieces, and simply stuffed his items in a large UNPADDED brown envelope with a letter of explanation why it wasn't in a box with bubble wrap. Luckily the modules weren't damaged when they arrived to him, but the fun part was that he was charged for all the merriment.Mike B.
GraysonAC wrote:Badmike wrote:Sorry, I should have made the distinction. That's pretty mind boggling though, the way you are charged for the privilege of having your mail opened. I remember several years ago a Canadian customer insisted on insurance for something like $200 worth of stuff, I typically warn against it due to charges, but I did this time. He not only got nailed for a whopping tax fee but predictably enough Customs inexpertly ripped the box to pieces trying to find out why "used books" were worth $200, couldn't put the priority box back together since they had torn it to pieces, and simply stuffed his items in a large UNPADDED brown envelope with a letter of explanation why it wasn't in a box with bubble wrap. Luckily the modules weren't damaged when they arrived to him, but the fun part was that he was charged for all the merriment.Mike B.Heh, they don't always even bother to open it, and they still charge you. I kid you not, it happens to me all the time. $5 fee plus they make you pay the GST on whatever the declared value is.One of the very, very few things I really dislike about my own country is our postal and customs system.Canada Post is ridiculous for their fees though. For me to send something <250g (1/2 lb) to Toronto (west coast to New York, essentially), it'll cost me about $10, or $11 to the east coast. To send that same package to Florida.. $5.60. Yes, it costs me twice the amount to ship within my own country than it would cost to ship to the southernmost US. For $5.60, I could get my package to someplace within about punting distance here. It's around $7 to get the package out of the city I live in.