obviously by now everyone here is aware that shipping adds up with how far and how heavy it is, but us residents have it easy, it's an expensive hobby when ordering from another country, even neighbor like Canada.
my hhkb pro2 is costing 29$ to ship, dunno about border fees and taxes yet...
the customizer cost me just almost much in shipping, taxes and border fees(i'm an importer now?) than the actual keyboard, 29 shipping, 10 at the border and 10 tax, that's 59$ participation fee, for an item worth 69$.
a model M costs me 35-40$ to ship, including packaging fees, this one didn't cost border fees or taxes, but still, almost same price as the keyboard went out on shipping and handling...
for the customizer and model M, so far 50% of my money goes on the keyboard, and the other 50% on shipping and handling
when i order computer stuff from canada, let's say tigerdirect.ca or ncix.ca, it costs me only shipping and taxes, 15$ is the max I pay(and like newegg does in the states, there is always some sort of bargain shipping), and it gets delivered in 2-3 days, at work, i know someone who ordered a digita camera at 10:30am, delivered to him at 10:30am the next day, for 10$ shipping, and that's from Vancouver to Montreal, crossing the entire country from coast to coast, very often paying for the cheapest ground shipping and the thing ends up in a plane delivered the next day.
getting something shipped from the states totally sucks.
buying stuff within my country is a much smoother ride, on thanksgiving they had a 5.99 shipping special, I ordered a computer case, power supply and bunch of ther stuff, i think it weigh at close to 20 pounds, or 2 times 20 pounds, two big boxes ground shipping across the country from coast to coast for 5.99 cdn... I look at the shipping costs you guys pay for your keyboards in the us and thats what it looks like, while all my costs to order mechanical keyboards are all overhead, handling, shipping, more participation fees than actually something to show for what i paid for. That being said, no disrespect to sellers who ship internationally, if I was a seller I probably wouldn't, considering what prices fedex, usps and ups charge for international shipping these days. But still, i'm greatfull they do ship internationally, being able to trade with people halfway around the globle to get the rare item I want, priceless, for everything else, there's Mastercard...
