I too tried to order phone and got that completely ridiculous shipping charge of $264 which absolutely no one can justify. I buy phones off of Cellular Blowout and get them shipped to Canada via USPS the most I have been charged is $40 shipping and then I pay GST and duty here. Maybe $50 tops. Its telling me it will only ship UPS and they charge these outrageous brokerage fees to Canadians. The minute I saw it was UPS I canceled my order. Total rip-off and they want us to develop for these phones.
On Dec 8, 5:30 am, J Dietrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I signed up for the Market, and then suffered a severe bout of Jaw > Drop when I saw that it was going to cost $264.19 to ship to Canada. I > quickly retreated from purchasing what had been looking like one hell > of an x-mas present for myself. > > According to the Help/FAQ, the fee includes "applicable customs, > duties, import and country specific other fees". As anyone in Canada > ordering from the US knows, duties and taxes are levied somewhat > arbitrarily - it's not uncommon to receive something with no > additional taxes levied, despite accurate declared value that > technically warrants it. Even when they are levied, they are charged > through to the party receiving the shipment, and it's hard to see how > they could ever come in so high as to approach this up-front cost - > higher than *every* other country on the list. > > Phone: 399.00 USD = 499.63 CADShipping: 264.19 USD = 331.19 CAD (66% of the > cost of the device!) > Total: 830.82 CAD :( > > No regrets about joining the Market, as I am going to develop on this > platform in any case. I'm just disappointed that I won't be dabbling > with real hardware over the holidays, and I know other developers here > who are in the same boat - all willing to lay out the price of the > phone, but not about to pay 66% on top forshipping. > > Can someone please take a stab at breaking down or otherwise > rationalizing this number, helping me (and other Canucks scratching > their heads and/or already being preyed upon by eBay sellers) to > understand this? For $18.99, I could have this next-day shipped to a > location in NY state a mere 5km away. Why are these heavy additional > charges rolled into theshippingcost, and why are the extra charges > for Canada so high relative to all other countries? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
