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Eddie_Brock:
On the westcoast, there is no DHL anymore.
Where I live at least, Total Delivery has purchased them out and taken over their logisitics.
I've always found UPS to have higher rates, try and go with Canada Post if at all possible.
nitz:
I'm Canadian, so I'll just jump in to confirm what others are saying.
UPS sucks, avoid if at all possible. They can hit you with ridiculous charges as others have said. And I've had problems when I wasn't home to receive the package. Like the last time (and it will be the last time) I had stuff shipped by UPS, they actually gave it to someone else who lives in my building. I don't think they're even supposed to do that unless you tell them to. Oh yeah, and they just left the slip on the wall in the front entrance, so anybody could have taken it, said they were me, and picked up the package from my neighbor. I was pissed because there are a few sketchy characters in my building and I was afraid of who I might have to talk to to get my package and that I may not even get it all. I got lucky and it turned out the person who had it was a nice older lady, so all's well that ends well I guess, but I will never deal with UPS again.
DHL is ok, never had any problems with them.
USPS handing off to Canada Post is my preferred method for ordering from the States. Price should be reasonable and should be hassle free.
I've ordered from divemaster, GGG, and Ultimarc and was pleased with the service from all of them.
I ordered from Playdium and while their prices seemed ok to me and their service was great, I thought the shipping was kinda high and they shipped UPS, so I won't order from them again.
To sum up, probably can't go wrong with any of the well known vendors around here, just make sure they're not shipping UPS!
Epyx:
@Nitz,
Playdium will ship via Canada Post if you request it which is what I do when I order Happs from them. But the bottom line is, living in Canada here we are truly blessed with being both next to the States and Europe just being across the pond.
As a tip for fellow Canadians living near the border. Again, I live in the Greater Vancouver area and use a post office service in Point Roberts, WA USA and this saves me a *lot* of duty charges. If you can do something similar do it. Also makes those Ship only to USA ebay purchases a lot easier. I just drive to Point Roberts (20 min drive from work and go at lunch). The border guards rarely ask me to pay taxes unless its several hundred dollars and even then I get lucky a lot...the WG D9800 I last ordered cost me nothing taxwise at the border...the guards eyes glazed over when she asked me what it was an the value and then she just signaled me through ;)
nitz:
--- Quote from: Epyx on September 05, 2010, 10:16:46 pm ---@Nitz,
Playdium will ship via Canada Post if you request it which is what I do when I order Happs from them.
--- End quote ---
OK, cool, didn't know I could do that. Would definitely consider buying from them again in that case if they have anything I need. That's good, because I do like their store and service, but UPS would kill it for me. I love amazon.ca, but have stopped ordering from them because they use UPS now. ::) I just go buy my DVDs, CDs, books wherever, even if I have to pay a couple extra bucks, it's worth it to avoid UPS.
RayB:
I don't know if it's been mentioned but Playdium Store now sells Ultimarc products out of their Toronto and Montreal locations.
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