Conan Ford wrote in
3.159:

I emailed a seller who is selling the ICF-SW7600GR, asking about
shipping to Canada. His response?

"Hello,
shipping will be $45plus canadian custom and duties.
however brockage fee and taxes must be paid up front."


My response:

"No, no, I didn't mean for same day air. How much for ordinary
shipping?"

...

Now I know that he means to charge me $45 + brokerage fees + customs
(about $60) and ship it ground or as a small parcel by air, taking
either 4 weeks or 10 days to deliver, and earning him a tidy profit on
just the shipping costs. I also know that I could ship this same
radio to the United States, in its full box, for $30 Canadian, with
delivery within 2-3 days, or $15 with delivery within 10 days.




As I suspect:

"that is normal shipping it includes a messenger fee to take it to post
office"

Man, the ICF-7600GR must way 50 lbs for that to be ordinary shipping, even
with an extra courier thrown in.