sharkskinz shipping FYI
I was all ready to order my new street upper for the hawk (fire storm).
I went through the little order process on sharkskinz site, they said they'd contact me regarding shipping. I was quoted $180 (keep in mind I live in Canada). I am pretty sure I can get an airline ticket and fly to Florida, pick it up and bring it back myself for only a little more. And I'm thinking that I might just do that. wayne |
Shipping is often the thing that kills purchases for me too (I live in Montreal so I can totally relate)....
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Yipe that is pretty normal. It will be a huge box. Cost somewhere around $250 for me to ship my set to a fellow member if I recall...Part of the problem of living in Canada....off-setting by our free health care
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Originally Posted by calitoz
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Yipe that is pretty normal. It will be a huge box. Cost somewhere around $250 for me to ship my set to a fellow member if I recall...Part of the problem of living in Canada....off-setting by our free health care
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that's ridiculous to charge that much for shipping. Doesn't Canada have a national postal service system that delivers mail to each residence?
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yea, it's crazy to ship stuff there i quoted a member here shipping for a set of wheels that i still have and it was over 100 bucks, i google maped it and it was only a 3.5 hr drive
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does canada have a postal service delivering door to door? If so, reasonable shipping seems only a matter of expanding a service already in place and something that all canadians should be advocating for. I wonder why they aren't?
Universal health care as well as retirement income should only be something available to those in need, not to those who already have way more than they need. IMO, it should be more of a safety net thing. |
Yes, we have Canada Post (we are not a third-world country BTW), same as your USPS and the cost of shipping within Canada is very reasonable. The problem lies in shipping anything across an international border (whether out of or into Canada, or any other country for that matter; I can ship something to Vancouver, at the other end of the continent, for less than the same item to Vermont, one hour away). It is NOT a uniquely Canadian problem. The only reaosn it's an issue in this context is that we have very few big aftermarket vendors and ordering from one in the US almost invaruably means getting ripped off on shiiping (in my experience, the shipping is seldom as high as the amount quoted, meaning the vendor is taking advantage of it and filling his pockets, eBay sellers being particularly good at this).
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Originally Posted by mikstr
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Yes, we have Canada Post (we are not a third-world country BTW)
seriously, sounds counterproductive , isolationist, and archaic. How about shipping out of Canada, is that as expensive? sounds like something that need changed asap/ |
Originally Posted by nath981
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How about shipping out of Canada, is that as expensive?
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It gets deeper. Calitoz has shipped me exhaust cans. Micky sent my velocity stacks. Some prick sent me calipers - charged my $55 and the fucking label on the box said $18. All from Canada.
I've spent a lot of time up there and these guys know I'm solid. Their taxes suck and because the CA postal service works for the CA gov't - they get their share too. Like I said it gets deeper. Currency exchange rates are pretty equal between us and our Canadian brothers. Few cents at best - BFD! I did it, squids do it every year, contrast the purchase of Mario Nava fairings. The actual money that Mario takes to the bank is not unreasonable in the slightest. Add the exchange rate for the monetary exchange rates and shipping from Italy - I'm talking sticker shock especiale'. This is where government goes wrong for its people and their business. When the "fees" from goverment for doing business are greater than the fees from the service provider - you figure it out. Force figures into the solution because they obviously can't respect the wishes of the people they govern. Companies all around me are laying off people - is government? |
this really sucks! Looks like the growing international community built up by the evolution of the internet is being seriously stifled by archaic habits of the last century. Standardized, reasonable, and predictable intra country cooperation seems to be a no-brainer for the benefit of all.
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OK this is prob going to get moved - but it's this way for me. When government fees/taxes/penalties exceed the dollar value of business model - it is not the fault of the business - it is a failure of budget responsibily of governance.
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Originally Posted by nuhawk
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Some prick sent me calipers - charged my $55 and the fucking label on the box said $18.
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I have a mint set of OEM pipes i want to unload. Since i live in Canada and most of the traffic on this forum is US menbers,I'm pretty buggered as no one want to pay 80-100$ for shipping .Canada Post charges WAY to much compared to US mail.
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When I make E-Bay buys I have the items shipping to a UPS store right on the US side of the border.drive down and pick it up there.Save a bundle and no *&%$# brokerage fees ...lol. Last time i used UPS to ship to Canada they charged me 20$ brokerage on a 80$ windsheild !!!! +plus shipping and taxes.....
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Originally Posted by Puff998
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When I make E-Bay buys I have the items shipping to a UPS store right on the US side of the border.drive down and pick it up there.Save a bundle and no *&%$# brokerage fees ...lol. Last time i used UPS to ship to Canada they charged me 20$ brokerage on a 80$ windsheild !!!! +plus shipping and taxes.....
When I am shopping for parts, I inevitably spend more time looking at the shipping component than anything else as MANY eBay sellers and established businesses (including Ron Ayers) are either parasites and opportunists, or they think that we Canadians are all blind and stupid. When I finally do find a business that charges reasonable rates, I gladly give them my business. Perhaps we should start a thread for Canucks to list those sellers and businesses that do not try to rape us on shippng..... |
Originally Posted by Puff998
(Post 252339)
When I make E-Bay buys I have the items shipping to a UPS store right on the US side of the border.drive down and pick it up there.Save a bundle and no *&%$# brokerage fees ...lol. Last time i used UPS to ship to Canada they charged me 20$ brokerage on a 80$ windsheild !!!! +plus shipping and taxes.....
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Originally Posted by nath981
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cool! Is that legal? If so, seems like a business opportunity. collect packages to be shipped out, take them to the UPS US location. Then pick up shipments into Canada, return, and disseminate. :D
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yeah Mik. That suggestion was directed to Puff who lives proximate to the border. That's a real PIA----------need some regulations that could make international business transactions more cost effective.
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Its fucked. I tried to buy a lower from a member here and it was gonna be about 100 to ship. That's outrageous. Its because of how big it was. I sent a complete 4 cylinder top end to a guy with cams and cam towers and complete valvetrain to the middle of the u.s and it was 45 bucks. Personally I think we get fuked more by ups and fed ex then anyone else. So far dhl are in my good books. I've had stuff shipped from japan and its cost me penuts while ups and fed ex, who's worse than ups, charge you duty and brokerage fees. Usually about 25 bucks. Usps on the other hand is great to deal with. It ends up coming canada post and unless its a real big item they won't charge me for it. So anytime I make an ebay purchase I make sure its shipped usps.
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Originally Posted by uchi
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Its fucked. I tried to buy a lower from a member here and it was gonna be about 100 to ship. That's outrageous. Its because of how big it was. I sent a complete 4 cylinder top end to a guy with cams and cam towers and complete valvetrain to the middle of the u.s and it was 45 bucks. Personally I think we get fuked more by ups and fed ex then anyone else. So far dhl are in my good books. I've had stuff shipped from japan and its cost me penuts while ups and fed ex, who's worse than ups, charge you duty and brokerage fees. Usually about 25 bucks. Usps on the other hand is great to deal with. It ends up coming canada post and unless its a real big item they won't charge me for it. So anytime I make an ebay purchase I make sure its shipped usps.
yep, if they are not willing to ship USPS they can keep it....... |
that's cool. and now USPS has upgraded to anything that fits in their boxes, to compete with fed ex. ups, dhl.
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I'd be making friends with someone just across the border. :o
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Originally Posted by NCDave
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I'd be making friends with someone just across the border. :o
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how about a friend close to the border who has a friend on the other side?
You're welcome to ship things to me but the only border I'm close to is South Carolina. However, it IS like a foreign country down there! LOL |
I know the feeling, I live in Quebec (didn`t grow up here though), one of the many foreign countries within Canada, lol
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Speaking of which....
Hey Micky, when you comin' to pick up your 'Skinz??? G |
later this Spring, if that's ok. AS I work for a sled magazine, this is a busy season for me (not helping is the fact that my 18 month-old daughter just broke her collarbone). If this causes a problem let me know and we can perhaps arrange something.
cheers |
i know you'll hate me
I know you'll hate me....but I went job hunting a few weeks ago & found out that Sharkskinz is only 18 miles from where I live & the owners live in melbourne, just right up the road from me.
Trying to talk to them & see if I can do some side work for them & earn me a lower from them. |
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