I ship and recieve both ways across the US/Canada border every month and I get a bit upset with some US sellers that refuse to sell to Canada, but I assume it is bad feed back from some buyers that are not aware of UPS brokerage fees etc.
I am fortunate that I can clear my own so I do not have that problem.
I have heard some say it is not worth the bother for an extra few cents, but it can mean more profit than that.
A prime example, alot of US sellers allow the default ebay page to declare US shipments only, but when I contact them, they say 'No problem'.
A case in point, On a recent auction I contacted a sellers to find out if he shipped to Canada and he agreed to.
The auction was for some electronic equipment and there was an initial 3 early bids up to $50.00 which lasted for the whole week, The item was worth at least $200.00 to me so at the end of the auction I placed a last-second bid for $200.00, the previous bidder had obviously placed a reserve of $150.00 as my bid took it for just over the $150.00.
The moral of this story is that had the seller reserved the item to US bidders only, he would have been out $100.00!! And he would not have even been aware of it.
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert E.