U.S. sellers overcharging Canadian buyers on shipping

[maybepossible]

Why do the vast majority of U.S. sellers want to charge Canadian buyers the same shipping rates as THE REST OF THE WORLD when the USPS has significantly cheaper postage rates to Canada (and vice versa, incidentally, for Canada Post to ship to the U.S.A.)? Numerous times I have complained to American sellers about this, and usually they have conceded my point and given me a proper Canadian rate, but I shouldn't have to ask in the first place - eBay makes it easy to list different shipping rates for different countries (something at least one American seller has claimed they don't, as a seller as well as buyer I know that eBay do).

[oragex]

If we are talking about the GSP which is used for most of transactions, I'm under the impression the seller can add his own fees to the final shipping cost.  I have purchased a phone and paid around $12 for shipping, then purchased the same phone from another seller and paid $25 for shipping.

If the seller would rather ship the item by himself, it is true that most are not aware USPS has an inexpensive shipping option.  It looks like USPS is 'hiding' this option somewhere on their site, perhaps they - USPS - don't want US sellers to use this cheap shipping option for some reason.

As for the sellers adding extra shipping fees for the Canadian customers, it may have to do with some mentality.  Before the GPS entered the scene, US sellers were little willing to ship to Canada for luck of trust or even for some sort of nationalism reasons.

[maybepossible]

When I posed the question, I was only letting off steam. I know American sellers in general don't care about non-American sales, and I don't doubt they are ignorant about overseas USPS postal rates and are happy to remain that way. Fortunately for me, I live in a border crossing town and when required I can buy "American" and pick it up from a U.S. business address who charge US$3.00 - of course, we all know how generous the Canadian import allowance is for ordinary people (Free Trade, there's a joke, there's not even Free Trade between the provinces) but border crossing guards are not concerned about harmless U.S. purchases, up to a point. My advice to all Canadians (I'm only half of one), live with it, you live in such a wonderful country (you are constantly being told that) you should be happy with the status quo.

[bert1630]

Why can I buy a transister radio from TOKYO for $9.00 U.S and get free shipping.Yet pay $25.00 to have it shipped from the US.????