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Originally Posted by notfarnow
I've tracked dozens of USPS packages.
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In my experience, the USPS tracking system does not update at all until three weeks after the package is delivered.
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Originally Posted by notfarnow
I hear this 50% of the time I try buying from the US. What's the headache? Postal code instead of a zip code, and one quick form. In my experience, most of the peole who *think* it's a hassle, haven't actually shipped to Canada. They just assume it's complicated.
I've shipped car parts all across Canada, the US and Europe. It doesn't take me any more time to send an engine head to Utah as it does to send it Moncton, NB.
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Shipping out of Canada is easy, shipping into Canada can be nightmare unless both the buyer and seller understand the process. I have had packages delayed and had the reciever charged surprise fees--which they often want me to cover (I was apparently supposed to mark something I sold as a "gift" and didn't--even though I was never asked to do so). I also think there is a great deal of risk to the seller when you cannot accurately track a packages delivery.
I have a friend who is a used video game reseller and has been screwed multiple times by buyers in Canada who do not understand the customes process.
Really, the problems stem more from uninformed buyers than from the actual customs process.