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Originally Posted by thechris

Funny it costs one guy $5 to ship me an entire BAF figure and I get it within days from the same state where another guy wants around $35 to ship a single 3.75 scale figure, won't budge on the shipping and would take up to 2 weeks to arrive. There's scalping and then there's just bad business. If you're only charging an American 5 bucks to ship inside the US and in reality it only costs 5 bucks to ship to Canada, but you're charging $35, you're dinging yourself out on a sale because it's unlikely that someone will pay $35 for an item to ship. You're also denying your auction of an entire country worth of bids. It isn't any different or more complicated or any hassle to send a package to Canada than it is within the US. When I go to ship packages to Canada or the US, I go to the same post office and go through the exact same process. It's just poor business. And another thing that is hilarious is when people list a $10 item for around $50 and it doesn't sell, ever. Mainly because there are about 30 of the same listed for around $10 to $15. What do they get out of doing this? Is this some sort of tax scam that I'm not in on?

So far I've noticed that to ship something small to Canada is painless and not too expensive, but something heavy is pretty pricey. There is also the risk that a package goes rogue and that is probably why eBay sellers either charge a fortune to ship to our northern brothers, or not at all. Honestly, I like sending stuff to you guys, the only problem I have with it is that they make me fill out a ridiculous customs form every time that I do.