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By HaZaRd2K6 on 4/22/2008 1:19:49 PM , Rating: 5
Will they ship to Canada? I've been dying to take advantage of some deals on Newegg but they just will not ship to us poor sods in the Great White North. Our economies are so closely tied that it can't take that much to institute cross-border shipping. I mean, Fry's and ZipZoomFly both do it, so why not Newegg?

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It ain't the postal service.

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According to ZipZoomFly's website they only ship to the US.


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By Znamya3 on 4/22/2008 1:40:39 PM , Rating: 5
I think it has to do with the "The American-Canadian War" started by the death of Kenny & the MAC (Mothers Against Canada) incident.

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By mmntech on 4/22/2008 1:50:26 PM , Rating: 3
I thought it was because we went on strike for more internet monah, fwend. I buy most of my stuff through NCIX. However, they can be expensive at times. Electronics in general are overpriced here. You can get some cheap stuff from Direct Canada, which seems to be a subsidiary of NCIX. It's too bad there are no decent parts retailers out east. All we have in Ontario is Tiger Direct and Canada Computers. Both are terrible stores.

I don't think it would really cost these people like Newegg more to ship to Canada but I do think it being a relatively small market plays a part.

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By Etsp on 4/22/2008 1:59:49 PM , Rating: 4
I ain't your fwend bhudday!

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He's not your Guy Fwend!

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By fuser197 on 4/22/2008 3:50:04 PM , Rating: 3
I'm not your buddy, guy!

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You wrote hell.

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By bryanW1995 on 4/22/2008 6:03:06 PM , Rating: 2
what are you talking "aboot"?

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I'm not sure about made in and assembled in differences though.


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By Motoman on 4/22/2008 4:57:46 PM , Rating: 2
Speaking as a guy who regularly ships lots of stuff, I can say that probably one big reason is that there are massive increases in costs when shipping something to Canada, rather than within the US and it's territories (like Puerto Rico). From MN, I can ship to Hawaii for about half the cost it would take to send something to Canada...which at that point is a couple thousand miles closer.

I believe a lot has to do with import tariffs and taxes, but perhaps also something systemic with UPS, FedEX, USPS, etc. in how they charge for shipping to Canada.

Full disclosure: while I am American (f#ck yeah!), my wife is Canadian, and I have quite a bit of experience shipping to and from Canada. Recently, when buying gifts for her family in Canada, I just go to the Canadian websites of Canadian businesses (like Best Buy) and purchase that way. You can't buy something on and send it to Canada, but you can buy it on and it's no problem.

So don't knock NewEgg et al for not wanting to ship to Canada - the problem lies not with the vendor.

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By Motoman on 4/22/2008 4:59:36 PM , Rating: 2
Oh, and forgot to mention my quick example - I used to sell lots of stuff on eBay (until they changed their rules again) a rule of thumb, I doubled my USPS shipping costs when a Canadian buyer bought an item.

It's pretty much 50/50 whether or not that tactic actually covered my shipping cost.'s that bad. Double or more.

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