brokerage fees are BRUTAL!!!!
i bought a camera lens from the states and the stupid brokerage fees were around $300 - a total joke!!
the sad thing is that it was still cheaper to buy it from the states and get it shipped to me... even after the initial cost of the lens, the exchange rate, the shipping, the brokerage fees, gst AND pst - i still saved a crapload of $$... why do things cost soooooooo much less to buy in the states?
i just bought a bunch of truck parts from the states and my wife and i are heading to oroville (in washington) tomorrow morning to pick them up. (there is a company in oroville that you ship stuff to, they receive it, give you a call and then you go pick it up... $3/box... pretty hard to beat that!) the truck parts are at least 25% cheaper in the states and with the dollar being a little above par it's hard to resist the deals
4x4 - i would imagine if you shipped it to someone and then they shipped it to you that you'd still get nailed with the extra fees.... about the only way around it would be to go to the states and pick it up
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