Conan Ford wrote:

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.


You do need to check on shipping on ebay.

Two years ago someone had a box of each color of ink for my printer for
$75 "Buy it now" - more than an 85% discount. Fortunately, I noticed he
wanted $600 for shipping before it was too late.