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Taliesyn wrote:
> zakezuke wrote:
>
>>> A friend emailed me and said they don't ship to Canada,
>>> even though they border it.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know what it is about American businesses refusing to ship to
>> foreign countries including Canada.
>
These types of companies are doing
Canada a favor.
>> Is as if they don't know how,
>> don't know how to fill out a little slip of paper that says "this box
>> contains *stuff* valued at *money*. Not that it matters as you can
>> almost always find the same stuff on Canada mail order sites, which are
>> more than happy to ship to the states... and being happy to ship to the
>> states it's no extra bother to ship cross the pond.
>>
>
> I do occasional shopping on eBay. It seems about 50% of American sellers
> won't ship internationally. Yet I've never come across a Canadian seller
> unwilling to ship to the US (that doesn't mean there aren't any). I sold
> hundreds of items a few years ago to US buyers. And ALL received their
> items.
>
> Funny, but I always consider the US almost local - I see their TV, hear
> their radio, buy their food. But it appears to most Americans I might
> just as well be in Timbuktu. They haven't a clue where Canada is or how
> to get a package there. So much for vice versa.
>
> -Taliesyn