[Orange Ranger]

I'm going to say that I've had mostly good luck with not getting hit with import fees. It's happened once or twice but was minimal. I do avoid shipping with UPS or Fedex so that helps.


I had a package coming to me (from the US actually) last month and it made it past customs just fine, got two hours from my house, and then was shipped back to the US. Looking at the tracking number I was like "what the hell is going on?" Turn out that once it crossed the border Canada Post put a tracking barcode on it, as is tradition, but the idiot at the package sorting facility slapped it right over my address. They couldn't see where it needed to go so they sent it back. USPS wouldn't reship for free since the problem wasn't on their end. I ended up splitting the cost to reship with the seller since it wasn't either of out faults.

Canada Post just generally stinks. Their website will give you a price to ship something and then when you actually go to ship it the price is way higher for no reason.

The mail delivery person we used to have was also very cool but someone new has had the route for the last couple of months. The new woman doesn't even knock when there is a package. Actually, she often doesn't even bring the package, just puts a notice to pick it up at the post office even when it would fit in the mailbox. The old lady used to just leave it on my doorstep for me.


All this brings me to the fact that I have some stuff in my Private Warehouse at HLJ and it's enough to make a good order, especially after their clearance sale. Problem is that I have one preorder for next month but I have an item that is days away from their 60 day limit so I will have to ship my order now. Not a big deal but it would nice if they'd hold it longer.