Does shipping to Canada suck balls or is it relatively easy?

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:40 am

Diiiiid.... any of that come from me

Olin · Post by **Olin** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:21 am

D.o.S. wrote:Diiiiid.... any of that come from me

It did actually but I'm only bitter with Fedex; I don't think either of us had any idea there would be any extra fees on top of it, especially not at that level. I got a letter about two months after your package arrived saying that I owed Fedex a further $80 for "handling fees" which were, until that point never mentioned, but which they insisted I had been ignoring and that bailiffs would be on their way if I didn't comply within x days. I called them up to see what it was about and they told me someone called Ryan signed for the package (no one called Ryan lives in my building so I'm fairly sure the delivery driver signed for it), I tried to contest it but gave up in the end because I would have had to come back to moan at you about it, which I really didn't want to do as you hadn't done anything wrong and it would be absurd to even think that you should be responsible for their wanker-tax. I can't fault Fedex for promptness and efficiency, they shat all over USPS in terms of speed but they're a sneaky bunch of cunts when it comes to hidden fees and general shadiness.

Why can't we all just have the Royal Mail?

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:26 am

That's shitty.

PM me and we'll get this sorted.

hotknife · Post by **hotknife** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:37 am

D.o.S. wrote:That's shitty.

PM me and we'll get this sorted.

Damn, man.

Olin · Post by **Olin** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:27 pm

D.o.S. wrote:That's shitty.

PM me and we'll get this sorted.

Nomination for "human of the year" award goes to....

resincum · Post by **resincum** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:37 pm

Eivind August wrote:
multi_s wrote:as a canadian manufacturer who sells probably about 60-70% of everything to the states i can say suck my balls if you wont ship to me. suck them. they hare huge canadian balls. its easier than your mother to ship internationally.

end rant.

As someone who lives in Internationalistan and mostly does international shipping when selling stuff, this. I get an anti-boner whenever I read "only ships CONUS". If you aren't able to fill out a simple form, it's a miracle that you have access to the internet to begin with.

to be fair, those forms are fucking annoying

karmablock · Post by **karmablock** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:57 pm

The problem I have with what people are saying is that if it gets lost or damaged I'm fucked.
Cause I imagine you can't get $150-200 of insurance on something you are claiming is $40 or less.
And I if I was a pedal company I could cut my loss and send out another one but sometimes when I'm selling a pedal it's not because I want extra cash for it another piece of gear it is because I need that money because something unexpected came up. Its a greater risk than reward.

Edit:
But for ILF bros and non-emergency sale I'll definitely consider international shipping.

hotknife · Post by **hotknife** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:21 pm

resincum wrote:
Eivind August wrote:
multi_s wrote:as a canadian manufacturer who sells probably about 60-70% of everything to the states i can say suck my balls if you wont ship to me. suck them. they hare huge canadian balls. its easier than your mother to ship internationally.

end rant.

As someone who lives in Internationalistan and mostly does international shipping when selling stuff, this. I get an anti-boner whenever I read "only ships CONUS". If you aren't able to fill out a simple form, it's a miracle that you have access to the internet to begin with.
to be fair, those forms are fucking annoying

They are a very slight annoyance sometimes, but you do fill em out in about a minute once you get into the rhythm.

lost in music · Post by **lost in music** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:32 pm

karmablock wrote: Cause I imagine you can't get $150-200 of insurance on something you are claiming is $40 or less.

Yeah, this is my big sticking point with the "lie and say it's worth $40" school of thought. I'm just flipping pedals that I can barely afford. I need full insurance in case the post office fucks it up.

backwardsvoyager · Post by **backwardsvoyager** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:33 pm

You guys realise you can just explain to buyers that they have the option of paying for insured shipping declared at full value, or uninsured shipping at their own risk, right?
It's on the buyer if they pick an uninsured shipping option. I've written stuff off before because I deliberately do that to save money, shit happens, most of us are aware of that.

MrNovember · Post by **MrNovember** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:04 am

Olin wrote:
D.o.S. wrote:Diiiiid.... any of that come from me

It did actually but I'm only bitter with Fedex; I don't think either of us had any idea there would be any extra fees on top of it, especially not at that level. I got a letter about two months after your package arrived saying that I owed Fedex a further $80 for "handling fees" which were, until that point never mentioned, but which they insisted I had been ignoring and that bailiffs would be on their way if I didn't comply within x days. I called them up to see what it was about and they told me someone called Ryan signed for the package (no one called Ryan lives in my building so I'm fairly sure the delivery driver signed for it), I tried to contest it but gave up in the end because I would have had to come back to moan at you about it, which I really didn't want to do as you hadn't done anything wrong and it would be absurd to even think that you should be responsible for their wanker-tax. I can't fault Fedex for promptness and efficiency, they shat all over USPS in terms of speed but they're a sneaky bunch of cunts when it comes to hidden fees and general shadiness.

Every. Fucking. Time.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:35 am

Wait. Did that happen to you... too....?

lost in music · Post by **lost in music** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:45 am

backwardsvoyager wrote:You guys realise you can just explain to buyers that they have the option of paying for insured shipping declared at full value, or uninsured shipping at their own risk, right?
It's on the buyer if they pick an uninsured shipping option. I've written stuff off before because I deliberately do that to save money, shit happens, most of us are aware of that.

Did NOT realize! That's why I started this thread.

MrNovember · Post by **MrNovember** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:45 pm

D.o.S. wrote:Wait. Did that happen to you... too....?

Both times I've had something shipped to me through FedEx I got invoices a few months later stating I owed them ridiculous amounts for handling fees. I never ended up contesting it, though

jrfox92 · Post by **jrfox92** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:25 pm

+1 on fuck FedEx.
I used to ship my repairs via FedEx and later found out that they outright lie about shipping costs.

Once, I had something that was supposed to be ~$15 to ship turn into a $40 shipping charge.
When I called to contest it they said it had something to do with the delivery. After asking them if they just retroactively charge people for whatever reason they so please the motherfuckin' customer service agent replied with a simple, "yep" and hung up.