Canadian listings in US dollars with international shipping to Canada

[andremontevilla]

I don't get it. I search for listings located in Canada and a bunch of them are priced in US dollars with shipping to Canada in US$ identified as "international shipping". I don't want to pay in US$ for something that is located in Canada and shipped to me in Canada. I mean even the seller loses out too in that case, no? With the exchange rate fees? What am I missing?

[clemowbooks]

RE: lady.stark Sorry, but I ain't buying it. I realize some Canadian sellers are pandering themselves to US buyers by listing on eBay.com in US$ in the mistaken belief that this offers them an advantage, but eBay.ca's own guidance proves that this is not true:

https://pages.ebay.ca/sellerinformation/news/springupdate2015/list-in-cad.html

Most eBay sellers understand that eBay is our landlord, not our friend.

And ignore most of the "suggestions" from them as propaganda.

Americans buy in US dollars and avoid buying and selling from terrifying Canadians.

We sell where there are customers, and adjust our pricing to be attractive.

Plus, shipping fees have to be set manually and are higher than Canada Post for comparable items listed in CAD$ just in case they get a US buyer. 

No.

We can set prices manually, that's called Flat Rate Shipping and is available for both dotCOM and dotCA sites.

But when we list on dotCA we can use Calculated Shipping, which gives the exact to the doorstep cost of shipping using Canada Post, when we enter the weight, dimensions and chosen service. The program compares these to the buyer's location and gives her the cost.

We can't do that on dotCOM, unless as previously mentioned we use a freight forwarder, so we set a Flat Rate.

However, that Flat Rate can be different for Canada, USA, and for overseas. In fact, we can have several listed Flat Rates for different destinations and services.

And we can, on dotCA, mix Flat and Calculated rates allowing us to use Calculated Shipping for Canada but Flat Rates for overseas or the USA.

The cost of shipping within Canada can be higher than the cost of shipping to the USA.
I recently shipped four totes weighing about 50lbs each from BC to ON. Cost was about $45 each.

I also shipped a 10lb box to Nunavut-- for $83.00.

This is probably not the place for a discussion of Regional Pricing for postal delivery.

Shipping is the hardest part of selling by mail order.

[clemowbooks]

RE: lady.stark Sorry, but I ain't buying it. I realize some Canadian sellers are pandering themselves to US buyers by listing on eBay.com in US$ in the mistaken belief that this offers them an advantage, but eBay.ca's own guidance proves that this is not true:

https://pages.ebay.ca/sellerinformation/news/springupdate2015/list-in-cad.html

Most eBay sellers understand that eBay is our landlord, not our friend.

And ignore most of the "suggestions" from them as propaganda.

Americans buy in US dollars and avoid buying and selling from terrifying Canadians.

We sell where there are customers, and adjust our pricing to be attractive.

Plus, shipping fees have to be set manually and are higher than Canada Post for comparable items listed in CAD$ just in case they get a US buyer. 

No.

We can set prices manually, that's called Flat Rate Shipping and is available for both dotCOM and dotCA sites.

But when we list on dotCA we can use Calculated Shipping, which gives the exact to the doorstep cost of shipping using Canada Post, when we enter the weight, dimensions and chosen service. The program compares these to the buyer's location and gives her the cost.

We can't do that on dotCOM, unless as previously mentioned we use a freight forwarder, so we set a Flat Rate.

However, that Flat Rate can be different for Canada, USA, and for overseas. In fact, we can have several listed Flat Rates for different destinations and services.

And we can, on dotCA, mix Flat and Calculated rates allowing us to use Calculated Shipping for Canada but Flat Rates for overseas or the USA.

The cost of shipping within Canada can be higher than the cost of shipping to the USA.
I recently shipped four totes weighing about 50lbs each from BC to ON. Cost was about $45 each.

I also shipped a 10lb box to Nunavut-- for $83.00.

This is probably not the place for a discussion of Regional Pricing for postal delivery.

Shipping is the hardest part of selling by mail order.

[andremontevilla]

Apparently you appear to know what you're doing, but I would argue that you are the exception. If I see "international" shipping on a Canadian listing, and that is my only option, I can assume the seller does not know what they are doing. Or just does not care about Canadian buyers.  As for US buyers, you must think they're pretty dumb not to notice an item is shipping from Canada. This is what an eBay.com listed item by a Canadian seller looks like to them:

 

[clemowbooks]

Well. If you want to buy from Canadian sellers, and you want to pay in Canadian dollars, why are you even bothering to look at the US site? Were you just looking around to find something to be mad about?

[andremontevilla]

What are you doing in the buyer forums anyway? Were you just looking around to find something to be mad about?

[lady.stark]

RE andremontevilla The "International" shipping is just a term that we HAVE TO use because we list on dotCOM. Domestic shipping on dotCOM is in the USA: everywhere else is considered "International". And "clemowbooks" is not the exception (about knowing what they're doing). I would go as far as to say that most sellers listing on dotCOM *do* know what they are doing, because shipping is NOT an easy part on eBay. I respect the fact that you don't want to buy from a Canadian listing in US$. To a certain degree, I even agree with you. But if said seller list on dotCOM, there is a reason. I know I have many. But let's agree to disagree shall we?