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Offline Keyboard_Freak

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Unicomp shipping to Canada
« on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 17:18:19 »
Hi folks!  I'm currently using a Topre RF 103UB.  Though I love this keyboard I've been pondering over the potential purchase of a Unicomp 104.  They can be had for a cheaper price than the model "M".   After using their shipping estimator I was quite put off that it may cost $53 or so to ship to Canada plus possible duties.  Has anyone here had one shippted to Canada? I'm not to thrilled that I can nearly purchase a 2nd board for the shipping cost. :eek:
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Offline Ahlitah

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Re: Unicomp shipping to Canada
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 17:32:23 »
I've been wanting to order one as well.

The INFLATED shipping cost is what has been stopping me.

They did have a shipping promo earlier that I missed where is the only $10 to Canada.

I hope they have another promo soon.
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Re: Unicomp shipping to Canada
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 17:33:12 »
I can't answer your question, but shipping from US to Canada seems insane.

I have always assumed it is also crazy coming here from there, as well.

I suppose I can understand why it costs 70% as much, or more, to ship from Atlanta, Georgia, to England as it does to Tasmania, but with "North American Free Trade" and all that, it seems like a keyboard should go to eastern Canada for no more than $20-25 and western Canada for $25-30, at most, since a $15.85 flat rate box will go anywhere in the US, even Alaska.
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Re: Unicomp shipping to Canada
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 17:39:25 »
I'm not sure how much it costs to ship something to Canada, but if it's a lot cheaper than that, you may be able to find someone on GH in the US to act as a middleman.  Or just email Unicomp about it and see if they'll cut you any slack.

I've complained to sites before about their shipping costs to Hawaii and they're often quite accommodating.
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Re: Unicomp shipping to Canada
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 18:36:11 »
True.

I made an order for parts from Unicomp just yesterday, and the site calculated a high shipping cost. Within 2 hours they had refunded my Paypal account $4 without me even asking.

Not that you can depend on it, but ask the question.

PS - it takes several tries to get a warm body on a telephone line.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
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Re: Unicomp shipping to Canada
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 18:53:03 »
The problem is two-fold with shipping to/from Canada.
1) They have to estimate, often having to over-estimate, because they may have to change shipping companies within Canada. (e.g. UPS->Canada Post or different rate cards and so on.)
2) CUSTOMS AND IMPORT DUTIES. >:|

Guess which o-YES. CUSTOMS SUCKS. SO. FRIGGING. MUCH. And yes, they HAVE to pay customs fees and duties, which I swear must be calculated using the phase of the moon relative to the orbit of Venus. I have had NCIX spend more on shipping and duty than the item cost due to that madness, and I have also had thousands of dollars of parts cost less than $10 in duty. And they can't just evade them by calling it 'blank paper' because customs evasion is a criminal offense. So even if the shipping was the same cost as within the US, it's going to end up costing more.

"Oh! But there's a tool to calculate those, isn't there?" Yes there is. Please let me know if anyone who doesn't do logistics and import/export for a living can figure out how to calculate it reliably for varied orders.
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