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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9826559" data-attributes="member: 59816">[USER=7030526]@Henadic Theologian[/USER] is speaking from direct experience of being charged an extra, unexpected fee, when receiving product directly from WotC.However, it's actually the "fault" of the shipping companies (combined with the Canadian border agency) and has very little, AFAICT, to do with WotC or how they designate the books on Amazon.IF the Canadian border agency asks, the shipping company (doesn't matter these days AFAIK if it's Canpar, FedEx, UPS, Purolator, or whatever) to fill out "extra paperwork", that company charges the final destination a fee. A far too expensive (IMO) fee.So if the border reasonably asks "Did WotC charge GST on HT's shipment of FRHoF & FRAiF?" It doesn't matter if the answer is "Yes", but it's probably "No", as WotC isn't Canadian and doesn't GAF about Canada's GST. So (let's say UPS) charges HT $25 for the "Service" of then also charging the (let's say) $11 worth of GST that HT didn't pay on his FR Ultimate Bundle. So he pays $160 USD (plus $64 exchange to get it into CAD) plus whatever WotC charged in shipping $30?), plus the exchange on that, plus $36 CAD in "Surprise!" fees at his door before they'll hand it over. Possibly worse. You'd have to ask HT if there was something I'm missing. Like possibly counter-tariffs.I've personally seen it as high as 80% of the original cost, so you end up paying almost double what you expected when you bought the thing.It's really easy to blame WotC - I know that I won't buy anything from them (in that fashion) for the same reason, nor frankly any other US company if I can avoid it. But I've learned that it's not really their "fault". It's how stupid cross-border shipping has become.</blockquote>

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