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The sun wasn't shining when/where topsidefarm -at- mva -dot- net said:
> If I
> were to do business in Canada, my shipping costs would be 3 -
> 4 times what
> I charge here in the U.S. BTW, I regularly do business with several
> sources in Asia, and my shipping costs are LESS than what it
> would cost me
> to do the same business in Canada.
>
> Ticked-off by another Canadian spouting off yet another baseless
> anti-American screed,
> Jason A. Czekalski
I just used the www.fedex.com rate finder to get a rate for a
package from ZIP 89701 to my postal code here in Ottawa in 3 to
7 business days.
For a package of 6 pounds at 18 x 12 x 12 inches being shipped
FedEx Ground, at a declared value of $55, they want $11.85 USD.
If the weight goes up to ten pounds and the size up to
one-and-a-half cubed (18x18x18 inches) and the value up
to $150, the shipping cost goes to $27.30.
At a two-foot cube, it's $39.
So, if they insist on using a jumbo box and stuffing nine
pounds of padding into it, they can ship it via FedEx for
half the price of shipping USPS.
---- end of "screed" ----
Now, does the .... um, ability, yeah ... to read a
complaint about a single practice by a single company
(that just happens to reside in the US) as "another baseless
anti-American screed"... does that fit well with a job
that requires discernment and objectivity, not to mention
the occasional need to hold sharp pointy objects?
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