Canadian customer = Licence to ripoff

[.270]

I Just got my gunbearer which I ordered from Kifaru to go with my Mystery Ranch NICE frame pack and noticed on the envelop a postal stamp with shipping charge of $3.20. Kifaru billed me $21 shipping for a $32 item that fits in a bubble envelope.
This really pissed me off. I know it's not a lot of money and that I agreed to this charge beforehand but come on. I have noticed this practice by some vendors that think just because the customer is in Canada it's okay tack on the shipping charges.
This shows a real lack of ethics in my opinion and I will not be dealing with them again.
Just to give you a comparison I only paid $58 shipping to Mystery Ranch for my pack that came in a big box, and that was FedEx priority service with insurance!

[rocksteady]

Thats why they call it shipping AND handling....$3.20 for shipping, the rest is for "handling".....You could always send a nice little feedback to Kifaru and see if they are willing to compensate a good customer...Worth a shot..

[Kody94]

I Just got my gunbearer which I ordered from Kifaru to go with my Mystery Ranch NICE frame pack and noticed on the envelop a postal stamp with shipping charge of $3.20. Kifaru billed me $21 shipping for a $32 item that fits in bubble envelope.
This really pissed me off. I know it's not a lot of money and that I agreed to this charge before hand but come on. I have noticed this practice by some vendors that think just because the customer is in Canada it's okay tack on the shipping charges.
This shows a real lack of ethics in my opinion and I will not be dealing with them again.
Just to give you a comparison I only paid $58 shipping to Mystery Ranch for my pack that came in a big box, and that was FedEx priority service with insurance!

That's an extremely common experience when ordering out of the US, but definitely worth a complaint in this case.

[Chuck]

And if that doesn't toast your bread, then how about this:

Cost of natural gas burnt in July 2010 =$1.49
Delivery charge =$31.86 Commodity charge =$17.33 Franchise fee =$1.57
Carbon tax =$2.01
Clean energy levy =$0.18
GST =$2.36
HST 5% =$0.34
HST 12% =$0.03

Total =$57.17

That's just for a paltry 2.4 Giga Joules. I have noticed that in Canada, shopping on line a possible trend toward "FREE Shipping". Now that should help drum up business!

[arcadia]

And if that doesn't toast your bread, then how about this:

Cost of natural gas burnt in July 2010 =$1.49
Delivery charge =$31.86 Commodity charge =$17.33 Franchise fee =$1.57
Carbon tax =$2.01
Clean energy levy =$0.18
GST =$2.36
HST 5% =$0.34
HST 12% =$0.03

Total =$57.17

That's just for a paltry 2.4 Giga Joules. I have noticed that in Canada, shopping on line a possible trend toward "FREE Shipping". Now that should help drum up business!

WOW WOW WOW

Total BS

[lineofsight]

And if that doesn't toast your bread, then how about this:

Cost of natural gas burnt in July 2010 =$1.49
Delivery charge =$31.86 Commodity charge =$17.33 Franchise fee =$1.57
Carbon tax =$2.01
Clean energy levy =$0.18
GST =$2.36
HST 5% =$0.34
HST 12% =$0.03

Total =$57.17

That's just for a paltry 2.4 Giga Joules. I have noticed that in Canada, shopping on line a possible trend toward "FREE Shipping". Now that should help drum up business!

Hence extinguish those pilot burners for furnace, gas fire places... stuff not used in summer.

[Spokerider]

You`ve feen bucked......

[Gateholio]

Did it come via UPS Brokerage? They are villains...

[RJ]

Yep like Gatehouse says, UPS charges their own brokerage fee's which either get added onto shipping or are a nice little surprise when you get your package.

[.270]

Did it come via UPS Brokerage? They are villains...

It came by regular mail, didn't get charged duty or brokerage fee.