Extravagant shipping fee to Canada

[elsi_gril*44]

Why, as a Canadian, am I paying so much for shipping? Today alone I decided against purchasing items due to the incredibly high shipping fee.

[renall]

Ebays Global Shipping is like they don't want Canadians to buy outside of Canada. Shipping  a $5.00 card to US is $1.20 . To ship A $5.00 card with seller using Ebays Global Shipping ( as most Americans use) is about $24.00. Asking if they will ship cheaper is a waste of time as most wounld. The answer I always get is we only use Ebays Global Shipping( an unfair shipping choice).

I can buy a Hobby Box worth 110.00 from card company and pay only $11.09. Does anyone see a make money on shipping example?

[ypdc_dennis]

apples vs oranges: untracked at $1.20 versus tracked with all taxes and duty handled.

[femmefan1946]

The problem is not the possible shipping charges that COULD be used, depending on the service the seller chooses, but on the paranoia and xenophobia of the seller. US sellers are terrified of shipping outside the lower 48. Did you know they can refuse to ship to Hawai'i, Alaska, and Puerto Rico? More strangely they can refuse to ship to APO addresses which are the ones used by active service troops.