No ten packs :/
On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 18:09 -0700, steve wrote: > Check out Koolu. They have just signed up as a distributor for Canada and > the US. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave O'Connor > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 11:27 PM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Subject: Re: Shipping to canada... > > Hello. > I'm in Canada too and myself and Railer from the #openmoko along with > someone in my group have been doing some research into this. > > UPS Suck, they screw you on two main fees, brokerage (customs clearance) and > bond fees. > > Bond fees are for them putting up the money for GST which you can pay to > them when the package is in transit if you want to avoid it. > > Brokerage fees are the even bigger scam and these are for clearing customs. > (These don't have to be paid at all using fedex or USPS and if openmoko > would notice this in the future and allow more options it would be very much > appreciated :) ) > > We worked it out that it's just 10 dollars extra to send it expedited and > that includes all of their scam fees. > > You can do brokerage yourself and you'd have to look into it and see how to > do it in Alberta. For us this would involve rejecting the package and their > extra fees, going to their depot, which is near the airport in Vancouver but > I don't know what applies to you, and then going to customs. That's too much > time off work for me to be worth it so we're going to go for the expedited > delivery which is much faster and only 10 dollars more expensive than > standard delivery + scam fees > > Did I mention UPS suck? > > Regards > Dave > > > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 23:57 -0600, Matthias Stone wrote: > > These are probably silly questions, but I ask anyway (and thank you > > for your replies) > > > > a) In shipping the phone (freerunner) to Canada, are any > > taxes/duty/fees applied? (buying from openmoko.com webstore) > > > > b) How long would you expect it to take to ship to Alberta using the > > normal (aka cheapest) shipping rate? > > > > Thanks, > > Matthias Stone > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community