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Companies that Still Don't Ship to Canada?

Posted by Cliff on from the one-big-(divided)-continent dept.

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?"

2 of 142 comments (clear)

  1. Duties & Consumer Laws by duffbeer703 · · Score: 0, Troll

    To sell stuff in Canada, you have to conform to all sorts of regulations. One example is bilingual documentation. It's a waste of NewEgg's time & money to have to check each product for compliance.

    Certain items may have a import duty on them as well, in which case the shipper collects it from you (the buyer) upon delivery. If you refuse to pay the fees (which are often outrageous), the vendor eats the shipping cost.

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    Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
  2. Canada. Hmmm. Canada? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is that _still_ a separate country? Damn, I thought we annexed them a long time ago.

    I'm not sure I could respect any country that considers a 'Smartie' a stale-tasting M&M-like candy. Yuck.

    Okay, I'll concede - we'll take BC and the Yukon; you can keep the rest. That way we can get to and from Alaska (over land) without going through customs. Getting through the US/Canada border is about 50 times harder than the US/Mexico one. (Fact)