Shipping to Canada

[badhus1]

Hi All,

Someone on the forum is requesting that I ship a single card to Canada. It looks like it's going to cost about $30 via USPS in a bubble mailer. Anyone have any ideas or tricks to get the cost to something more reasonable? Thanks for your help!

[sedin26]

Hi All,

Someone on the forum is requesting that I ship a single card to Canada. It looks like it's going to cost about $30 via USPS in a bubble mailer. Anyone have any ideas or tricks to get the cost to something more reasonable? Thanks for your help!

$30 is excessive. I just had a guy ship me (I'm in Canada) about 50 cards in a bubble mailer using First Class Package International. It was about $14 for him to ship.

I have a guy who sent me 30 to 40 cards a number of times last year using First Class Large Envelope - the most recent one he sent was 4oz and cost him $3.06. It has tracking but sometimes doesn't track once it gets to Canada. For this option, you have to use an envelope (it can be larger than PWE) and not a puffy.

I'm thinking the $14 option may be your best bet here.

[valleynuckfan]

I'm not sure of the USPS terminology, but I believe they have a "Tracked Packet" option that costs about $14 to Canada, about the same as it costs us Canucks to ship down to the States with full tracking to destination.
I've never heard of a $30 option unless it is some sort of Expedited or Priority Express thing.
A lot of sellers here on BO charge about $15 to the GWN.

[dictoresno]

last time I priced something out to ship to Canada, it was gonna be about $25 or so with tracking. theres a cheaper option...like $15, but from what I recall, it won't get tracking after it hits the border.

[DontToewsMeBro]

Why does this keep coming up?

Canada is not Outer Mongolia or North Korea!

USPS will ship Int'l tracked and a small mailer with up to 20 cards or so should be about $13-15 usd

Also, if USPS tracks it then CanadaPost picks up the track easily - tracking doesn't "end" at the border.

This is no rocket science.

For the love of God read this....

I'm not sure of the USPS terminology, but I believe they have a "Tracked Packet" option that costs about $14 to Canada, about the same as it costs us Canucks to ship down to the States with full tracking to destination.
I've never heard of a $30 option unless it is some sort of Expedited or Priority Express thing.
A lot of sellers here on BO charge about $15 to the GWN.

[sedin26]

Why does this keep coming up?

Canada is not Outer Mongolia or North Korea!
USPS will ship Int'l tracked and a small mailer with up to 20 cards or so should be about $13-15 usd
Also, if USPS tracks it then CanadaPost picks up the track easily - tracking doesn't "end" at the border.
This is no rocket science.
For the love of God read this....

I regularly get 40 to 50 cards for the $14 price. USPS generally does track First Class Package International but it often doesn't update from the time it leaves the last US destination for Canada until it gets delivered. As you mentioned, Canada Post does track this type. Those who want to should simply use both the USPS and Canada post app and track the same tracking # in both.

It's important to note that the very cheap First Class Large Envelope option, which is only $3 or $4, works well but I find, more often than not, that Canada Post just puts their own tracking # on it once it hits the border and that the sender doesn't get tracking on it after it leaves the US.

I tend to use the same sellers over and over and we trust each other to use PWE - I've had cards up to $100USD sent in a Card Saver I via PWE quite a number of times, at $1.30USD cost, and have never had an issue. Over the years I've sent and received many hundred PWE to and from the US and have had two that didn't make it there or here.

[DontToewsMeBro]

I regularly get 40 to 50 cards for the $14 price. USPS generally does track First Class Package International but it often doesn't update from the time it leaves the last US destination for Canada until it gets delivered. As you mentioned, Canada Post does track this type. Those who want to should simply use both the USPS and Canada post app and track the same tracking # in both.

It's important to note that the very cheap First Class Large Envelope option, which is only $3 or $4, works well but I find, more often than not, that Canada Post just puts their own tracking # on it once it hits the border and that the sender doesn't get tracking on it after it leaves the US.

I tend to use the same sellers over and over and we trust each other to use PWE - I've had cards up to $100USD sent in a Card Saver I via PWE quite a number of times, at $1.30USD cost, and have never had an issue. Over the years I've sent and received many hundred PWE to and from the US and have had two that didn't make it there or here.

You sir do not belong here.:p

Your post is far to logical, sensible, informative, and thoughtful.

Jokes aside.... well said.

[sedin26]

You sir do not belong here.:p

Your post is far to logical, sensible, informative, and thoughtful.

Jokes aside.... well said.

Showing myself out now :p