Canada shipping discrepencies

[BenDMitchell]

I have a question to ask. I buy cards on ebay from both USA and Canada. I live in USA. When I buy from Canada I sometimes get charged as little as 4 bucks for shipping 1 card and then for some cards, I get charged as much as 18 dollars. Why is this? Am I just flat out getting ripped off? If you can ship a card for less than 5 dollars to the US, why do some people charge so much more? When I ship cards to Canada, I don't charge anywhere near 20 bucks and everything works out fine. Why isn't this the norm? How can people get away with charging so much?

I use auctane on eBay to ship internationally and I get a tracking number to canada and it costs about 8 bucks. So, for a card from Canada to the US, the cheapest tracking is 18 dollars? Why such a difference?

 

[Stadium Sports]

$18 must be express post.

 

[FrozenInferno]

$18 definitely sounds like the Expresspost/Registered charge. In that case you should get a tracking number and maybe slightly faster transit times though I don't find it's significantly faster than standard shipping. The main benefit is the tracking which isn't available to the USA on regular mail.

 

[greenthings]

$18 is registered tracked packet to the US. It's the cheapest shipping option to the US that gives you a tracking number.

 

[bunkman]

I use auctane on eBay to ship internationally and I get a tracking number to canada and it costs about 8 bucks. So, for a card from Canada to the US, the cheapest tracking is 18 dollars? Why such a difference?

That's what Canada Post charges us.

 

[quincy]

Yep. Since 2000ish, the cost of registered mail has risen 300%, with an inverse relationship to service quality.

 

[brian045]

If you use Ebay and use an online shipping label, from USA to Canada you get free tracking( for 8.00). This same service through the USPS ( store front), does not include tracking. This is an added bonus. Shipping to Canada from USA is around 7-8.00. Shipping with tracking and insurance is 15.00+( you cannot just get tracking) in store. Same with Canada to USA. Read the description of the auction and look up what the shipping will be. If a seller uses the terms express post or registered mail, look it up. You are not getting ripped off, its the postal service dieing and charging too much.

 

[warsawknuckles]

brian045 - i was under the impression that the customs label number is trackable, whether you do it thru ebay/paypal or at the store.

will find out soon enough, as i just mailed 2 from transactions on here via the store.

 

[BenDMitchell]

Wow. Canada post sucks. The difference is much greater than just the dollar exchange.

 

[99wgretzky99]

I think it's comical. At a time of such despicable service they (I'm sure inadvertently LOL) choose to up their rates. I can't stand Canada Post. If only there was an alternate choice.