Jul 2, 2008, 20:59
There's some truth to that -- and some irony, as well. For one thing, Best Buy is an American company, and bought the Canadian retailer Future Shop some time ago. And yes, many-if-not-most online retailers don't ship to Canada, with B&H being one of the better exceptions.
I've never had a problem with Canada Post / USPS, and prefer it to any other shipping method for lower-value products. For more expensive items, I'll use FedEx -- but neither carrier charges more than the regular taxes, with the exception of an occasional $5-10 charge that seems to be applied at random intervals. UPS can easily double or treble the shipping costs with its 'brokerage' (breakage?) fees, in addition to the normal retail taxes, and has only one depot location to serve a city of 4 million people. I will avoid retailers that only ship with UPS, they're too annoying for me to use...
I've never had a problem with Canada Post / USPS, and prefer it to any other shipping method for lower-value products. For more expensive items, I'll use FedEx -- but neither carrier charges more than the regular taxes, with the exception of an occasional $5-10 charge that seems to be applied at random intervals. UPS can easily double or treble the shipping costs with its 'brokerage' (breakage?) fees, in addition to the normal retail taxes, and has only one depot location to serve a city of 4 million people. I will avoid retailers that only ship with UPS, they're too annoying for me to use...
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