Deans cards and some eBay pet peeves

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

Not disputing your claim, just don't understand how it is such a PIA?

90% of the cards I have purchased (30+) have come from the U.S. and I haven't had a problem yet with shipping or receiving my cards.

My only gripe, which has nothing to do with U.S. sellers, is usually the price it costs to ship up here and sometimes getting stung for duty.

Global shipping is by far the worst and I won't even look at sellers cards if they use Global.

Just curious why, for some, they have no problem shipping up here, but for others, such as yourself, they find it a pain or a hassle?

I have not shipped to Canada for around a year so don't know if it has changed. Normal $2.62 shipping in a bubble mailer shipped in the US gets free tracking. Same thing shipped to Canada does not. Also we have to fill out that damn customs form. Not really a big deal to fill out except when there is a long line. So no tracking and extra paperwork for the same price.

Is there any differance from shipping inside Canada to shipping from Canada to US?

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I have not shipped to Canada for around a year so don't know if it has changed. Normal $2.62 shipping in a bubble mailer shipped in the US gets free tracking. Same thing shipped to Canada does not. Also we have to fill out that damn customs form. Not really a big deal to fill out except when there is a long line. So no tracking and extra paperwork for the same price.

Is there any differance from shipping inside Canada to shipping from Canada to US?

I have only heard about that Customs Form but know nothing about it?

I have sent only a couple cards south and it wasn't a requirement to fill out anything like that, (unless the girl behind the counter did on my behalf?) and it has been real cheap, even with the current exchange rate.

Are you guys required to go to some place different, other than the Post Office, to fill out a Customs form? I too would find that a PIA if that was the case?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

I have only heard about that Customs Form but know nothing about it?

I have sent only a couple cards south and it wasn't a requirement to fill out anything like that, (unless the girl behind the counter did on my behalf?) and it has been real cheap, even with the current exchange rate.

Are you guys required to go to some place different, other than the Post Office, to fill out a Customs form? I too would find that a PIA if that was the case?

No the custom form is filled out at the Post Office. It is the little extra form attached to the package. The thing that says what is inside the package and the value.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

No the custom form is filled out at the Post Office. It is the little extra form attached to the package. The thing that says what is inside the package and the value.

I see it now looking at a couple bubble envelopes. The customs info is typed on the white customs sticker.

Like I said, unless the girl did it behind the counter, (which is a possibility) I didn't have to fill out anything other than tell the girl where the package was being shipped too.

I know a recent transaction with a member on here cost me less than half what it cost him, but his envelope did weight slightly more.

The price of things up here compared to things south are usually quite a bit more so it surprises me something like this is cheaper for us.

To mail cards in a padded envelope up here is $2-$3 dollars at most but IIRC, I think it was only $3-$4 to send one state side?

[smallpaul2002]

If you ship from USA to Canada, put the cards in a bubble wrap mailer(with cardboard attached on both sides of the card to protect it inside the mailer), fill out the deceleration form and put (printed matter)

Putting the card in a box, is way more expensive...

[grainsley]

Yes, a touch more expensive to ship from Canada to the U.S. as opposed to inside Canada. (like 25 cents more).

A pwe from the U.S. to Canada costs $1.25, say 3 cards in the envelope with thin cardboard protecting them .......so this $9.50 shipping, or worse Global eBay shipping ($16 or whatever it is) is just a complete ripoff. Gouging at its best. And tracking STOPS at the border, ....I have followed tracking from Florida to several other spots in the U.S., and it tells me the package was last checked in at wherever airport in the U.S. Then I check my mailbox and it is sitting there....go figure.