"Cheapest Shipping from USA to Canada" Topic
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| Asteroid X | 01 Mar 2019 10:53 p.m. PST |
Like the title says, what is the best way to ship the cheapest from the USA to Canada? Not light packs of Airfix-esque figures, but metal and larger amounts. It used to be rather inexpensive, but since oil prices have shot through the veritable roof, the prices have gone up dramatically! |
 Doctor X  | 01 Mar 2019 11:41 p.m. PST |
USPS, especially flat rate boxes because you can really pack them full. |
| wrgmr1 | 02 Mar 2019 9:31 a.m. PST |
Yes flat rate packs, $20. USD |
| Midgetmanifesto | 02 Mar 2019 9:32 a.m. PST |
If you are at all a reasonable distance from the border it's usually worth going with a mailbox service on the US side. Drive across and pick up yourself, pay any duties as necessary at the border. Usually you will be ahead on any bulky/heavy package. I think that most post options got rid of ground to canada and instead use their airfleets (maybe a decade ago). The price at that time skyrocketed, and helps explain the big differential on small and light vs bulky and/or heavy. |
| Thresher01 | 02 Mar 2019 6:34 p.m. PST |
Yea, UPS shipments incur duty charges, from what I've read. Sometimes, the USPS ones do not. |
| Winston Smith | 03 Mar 2019 5:17 a.m. PST |
@Doctor X
Thanks for that. I didn't know flat rate boxes applied across the border too. |
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