Companies that Still Don't Ship to Canada?

mstich asks: "I'm curious as to why some companies make it so difficult to ship to Canada (from the U.S.A.). I'm only about 200km (124mi) from Detroit, so distance surely can't be the problem. Companies like NewEgg state that they won't ship to Canada, even though they will ship to Alaska (albeit, at an inflated cost) and some, like Crucial, do ship to Canada but they won't extend their 'free second day shipping'. Are there really that many underlying costs that show up when crossing the border? Is this just another money grabber? Does NAFTA fit into all of this, somehow?"

Comments

stop whining

[Anonymous Coward]

you canadians are all the same with your beady little eyes and your flapping heads

Re:stop whining

[revmoo]

I would expect such blatant racism on Fark, but on Slashdot? Mods please ban this asshole.

Since when are canadians a race?

I know, I know...

[HotNeedleOfInquiry]

It's mostly our fault. We mericans have treated you Canadians like you are part of the US for so long, that now you're actually starting to believe it.

Sorry, you really are in a different country.

Re:IANALBIPOOTV

[jcenters]

Ah, Anal-Bi-Poo TV, isn't that the new pr0n channel?

Black market, dude

[orthogonal]

I'm curious as to why some companies make it so difficult to ship to Canada (from the U.S.A.).

I don't know why, either, but I can suggest a practical work-around:

1. Find an elderly person in the Lower 48 states who takes a bunch of expensive prescriptions drugs. That's nearly any old person, so this part is easy.

2. Offer to ship the old fart some of your cheap Canadian versions of prescription drugs. Given the exorbitant prices of the same drugs in the U.S. will immediately agree to your proposal. Then have gramps ship you cheap American electronic products in exchange.

3. Profit!

(This comment is a satiric joke about the American health "care" system. It is not advocacy for or instruction in black market cross-border transactions. orthogonal is not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. orthogonal is not a doctor and this is not medical advice. Void where prohibited. orthogonal loves America and its great Christian Leaders King George Bush, Failed Marshall von Rumsfeld, and Inquisitor General John Ashcroft. Scaring peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty... only aid[s] terrorists [by eroding] our national unity and diminish[ing] our resolve. We have always been at war with Eastasia!)