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shponglefan:
The trick is to get things shipped via USPS (United States Parcel Service).  At worst, you might get hit with a $5 handling fee + GST/HST.  And ditto what BobA said.  Never ship via UPS.  Made that mistake once ordering from Happ.  Shipping + brokerage fees ended up equaling the cost of the parts.

Personally I've ordered from GGG, Ultimarc and T-Molding.com without issues.  Sometimes things get through without the handling fee/HST, other times I get hit with them.  I've also ordered from Canadian Joysticks.  I find their shipping a bit high to be honest, although they do have to send things all the way across the country, so maybe that's part of it...
ids:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on June 28, 2013, 02:16:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: BobA on June 28, 2013, 02:01:13 pm --- NEVER NEVER get anything sent UPS from the US to Canada.

--- End quote ---

Don't want anyone to miss that.

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ditto
MonMotha:
BTW, Fedex has similarly outrageous "handling" charges for clearing USA to Canadian customs for you, at least according to the fee schedule I last saw.

Just use the postal service, and you'll be fine.  I really don't know what people have against USPS, but they seem to do a decent job and have very good rates.  They'll just hand it off the Canda Post (or whatever Canda's postal service is called) once it's across the border.
pixelObsession:
Duely noted, thanks for sharing.  I'm in no rush, so USPS and Canada Post sounds about right to me.
shponglefan:
One more thing, if you are ordering from Ultimarc, they ship via DHL.  I've had no issues (i.e. surprise fees) with them.
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