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Posted by 49Reo
- November 20, 2013, 18:59:11 PMI have spent too much time trying to find an aperture for an old (very old) tang sights for one of my singleshot rifles; found one finally on eBay, the seller would not ship to anywhere but the good old U.S.A. But, thanks to Greenbarn, I now have an aperture for my tang sight for my singleshot .45-70.
Many thanks, GB. Much appreciated!!
Regards,
49Reo
Posted by 49Reo
- October 30, 2013, 14:52:32 PMI usually ask the sender to ship USPS. Usually quite a bit cheaper.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 30, 2013, 10:57:10 AMok so you are maybe, like 4 hours south of here. So ride up in the spring and visit, lol too far for me to go to the city...or we can met in Barrie. UPS charges are really bad.
Posted by ahernandez74
- October 30, 2013, 10:18:45 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 18, 2013, 13:41:01 PMI just ordered 2 paper back books from the US,
cost of the books $5.10 ea.
cost of shipping $24.99 ......to my housecost of shipping to an APO $4.10.........
that is ebay.ahernandez74 were abouts are you located to?
Outskirts of Toronto. Nothing too remote and I still get killed with the UPS rates.
Posted by 49Reo
- October 29, 2013, 10:12:07 AMThanks GB, I appreciate that!
Posted by greenbarn
- October 28, 2013, 22:13:05 PMHey 49 if I can help let me know. Send me the info and I'll send the email from my address if that would help you out!.
Posted by 49Reo
- October 28, 2013, 20:51:42 PMJust found (at long last) an aperture for a vintage sight/ Been looking for one for over a year. Problem: seller won't even accept emails from non-U.S. email addresses. Sight aperture is only $20.00 U.S., would have had it shipped to my father in Montana, but can't even email the guy.
Poop. 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 18, 2013, 13:41:01 PM I just ordered 2 paper back books from the US,
cost of the books $5.10 ea.
cost of shipping $24.99 ......to my house
cost of shipping to an APO $4.10.........
that is ebay.
ahernandez74 were abouts are you located to?
Posted by ahernandez74
- October 18, 2013, 11:33:58 AMMost of the time its the shipping cost associated with shipping to Canada. It's ridiculous. UPS likes to spike up the cost and add on the customs fees and what not. It's just not worth it to pay the extra cost. Sometimes you'll luck out and find a company wiling to ship for a fair price, but other times we get killed on the shipping cost.
I don't live close enough to the border to just walk over and do that... It's kinda tough.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 16, 2013, 08:07:11 AMJH this is not on my part a moan or a complaint or whinning, I have grown accustomed to this and have learned to live with it. It is a apin every so often and we just adapt to it. This is more just a statment of fact.
Posted by John Hopkins
- October 16, 2013, 07:11:55 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 10, 2013, 21:34:15 PMIt seems to me that 25% in 'visiable' taxes is way too much, that is the sort of thing that started the American war of independence..All of our governments seem to exist to overtax us but I suppose in Canada and Britain the counterbalance is a very heavily subsidised medical package with free hospitals and doctors, free medicine for some, an old age pension, free bus transport for pensioners and free schools..we still pay to go into an old peoples home, for home nursing and to be buried but in most cases we can leave something behind for our children.another 2 cents worth
Windsor is 7.5 hours Sault Ste. Marie is 5.6 hours one way, and fuel......ok I have a 2004 GMC Jimmy for my other vehicle.
Progressive mono shock off of e bay shipped from MI to Canada to my door ........
$401.04 for shock
$ 35.20 for Shipping
$ 53.00 for taxes
$ 45.00 for import taxes.
$534.24 all done........From Canadacycle
$544.56 to my door everything included.From local Honda dealer
$535.00 everything included......However I am mystified that my good pal DC has not offered to purchase the parts I require, then offer to drive them up to me of course at his cost, and offer to buy the parts for me because of my meager military pension. I would let him spend the night to rest up and relax before his ride home in the morning.....GB would do it for me as would most other members.......
Gotta be carefull here, the above is for information only, it is not a moan and is getting dangerously close to straying from the original theme of motorcycle parts supply..
By the way the reason we call a motorcycle a motorbike is because it is easier to say and shorter to write motorbike..and some of us are lazy.
For motorcyclist read biker..
John.
Posted by 49Reo
- October 15, 2013, 20:59:37 PMA day and a half drive one way for me. Not an option. I have stuff shipped to my Dad's in Montana, and pick it up when I go to visit, about 2x/year. Some Americans will not sell to Canadians; this is really a "discriminatory" thing. To them I say, you lost the war of 1812, get over it!!!!! 
Seriously, though, it is an issue sometimes, to buy stuff from the states.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 10, 2013, 21:34:15 PManother 2 cents worth
Windsor is 7.5 hours Sault Ste. Marie is 5.6 hours one way, and fuel......ok I have a 2004 GMC Jimmy for my other vehicle.
Progressive mono shock off of e bay shipped from MI to Canada to my door ........
$401.04 for shock
$ 35.20 for Shipping
$ 53.00 for taxes
$ 45.00 for import taxes.
$534.24 all done........
From Canadacycle
$544.56 to my door everything included.
From local Honda dealer
$535.00 everything included......
However I am mystified that my good pal DC has not offered to purchase the parts I require, then offer to drive them up to me of course at his cost, and offer to buy the parts for me because of my meager military pension. I would let him spend the night to rest up and relax before his ride home in the morning.....GB would do it for me as would most other members.......
Posted by aralph
- October 10, 2013, 20:14:20 PMHey my turn, I live in Windsor right across from Detroit.
Most American sellers and companies ship free within the USA.
As Ratman says they want a "hockey sock" or a ton of cash to ship to Canada.
Type in a Canadian postal code next time your on ebay and see how stupid things get.
I usually ship to the UPS store just on the other side and pick it.
You don't have to rent a box, just ship it there with a contact # and they let you know when
it arrives for a small fee.
Almost $10 in tunnel toll fees and then possibly duty and taxes at the border.
Not everything has duty.
My Corbin seat and Vanes & Hines exhaust was only the taxes. Only 13% in Ontario. 
So it really has to be a good deal to be worth your while.
aralph
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 10, 2013, 19:07:24 PMlol we lived on the walk side of the street, but my dad being the smart guy he was told us to leave the house the same time as the bus left from the corner, we were to walk straight to the school and not dawdle, walk normal and properly, if they gave us a detention for being late we were not to serve it we were to come straight home and he would deal with it. We never did have to deal with it.....think he did on a regular basis, the next year the line was moved to the field behind our street....