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Originally Posted by kingbuzzo
I used to buy from there but they changed something with the shipping to Canada.
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yup, they now have a global shipping program that the sellers either HAVE TO opt into, or they do not offer non-USA shipping;
It's all tied into their internal shipping quote setup.
It used to be the responsibility of the seller to package, calculate, and send off shipping - some unscrupulous sellers were creating listings with a lower 'Buy It Now' price, and jacked up shipping - so that their fees were based on the BIN price, and NOT the shipping portion - this is in part why (I believe) that the fees are based on the bottom line total.
Back to the global shipping;
On average, large items being shipped to Canada got cheaper, but smaller items became exponentially more expensive.
I browse often, but don't buy too much.
Their internal search engine blows goats, so I use another search engine.
Also the sellers hawking aftermarket garbage with numerous baloney tags to make their listing show up in my searches really turn me off.
I do find that I look here, or on other forum listings more often than I did a decade ago.