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I started a thread yesterday at TGP to encourage more Americans to sell gear to Canadians and stop saying "CONUS Only" by default. I included a list of persuasive reasons why they could make more sales by selling to Canucks.
Holy crap, you should see some of the comments I got.. "Never again", shipping to Canada is a "giant pain", there is "no way to track a shipment once it crosses the border", there is "no PayPal protection", there's "too many scammers".
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=303900
I think there's a lot of false perceptions, but I do see a few legit complaints coming thru the fog.
1). Canadians try to talk them into falsifying the value or marking it as "gift" to avoid brokerage fees, which pisses them off.
2). Canadians get pissed off when their shipment arrives along with a big unexpected brokerage fee, and then they take it out on the seller like it's his fault.
Comments?
Holy crap, you should see some of the comments I got.. "Never again", shipping to Canada is a "giant pain", there is "no way to track a shipment once it crosses the border", there is "no PayPal protection", there's "too many scammers".
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=303900
I think there's a lot of false perceptions, but I do see a few legit complaints coming thru the fog.
1). Canadians try to talk them into falsifying the value or marking it as "gift" to avoid brokerage fees, which pisses them off.
2). Canadians get pissed off when their shipment arrives along with a big unexpected brokerage fee, and then they take it out on the seller like it's his fault.
Comments?