On 13/12/11, Brett Delmage wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >and drive down, pick it up, and > >pay the duty on the way back at the border. > > *Drive* down for a pickup? At $0.40/km is that really cost-effective > compared to shipping? I guess for something very heavy... or that > cannot be shipped. > > >so ... recommendations? > > reship .com Thanks Brett, this sounds like a better option. I generally prefer USPS... > They are in Portland OR so you don't pay any state sales tax no > matter where you order from. > > Lots of US places I order from are free shipping within US, and it > doesn't cost much more, if anything, to reship from Portland. It > could take a little longer. > > They'll reship your preferred method (USPS, Fedex, etc.) for a $5 > handling fee + shipping. You get a street address, so no issue that > supplier 'won't ship to PO boxes'. Everything is handled via their > website. > > I have used them for several years including just last month and am > totally satisfied. > > Brett slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________