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<blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 6340884" data-attributes="member: 58401"><p>Why the heck is Kickstarter international shipping always so ridiculous? I live in Canada, and being right next door to the United States affords me absolutely no advantage over Timbuktu or Fiji when it comes to shipping prices on Kickstarters. Why?! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> It's seriously aggravating.</p><p></p><p>I have funded Kickstarters before. I backed [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION]' recent project, "<a href="http://www.woinrpg.com/" target="_blank">What's O.L.D. is N.E.W.</a>" (which I'm pretty excited about), but limited myself to PDF versions, mainly to avoid the ridiculous international shipping rate; I recall Morrus mentioning that, being in the United Kingdom, even he has to pay that same larcenous shipping rate for his own products.</p><p></p><p>Currently, I would really like to back [MENTION=6770096]Mechalus[/MENTION]' <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/804836187/tact-tiles-modular-wet-and-dry-erase-gaming-surfac" target="_blank">Tact-Tiles Kickstarter</a>. However, the shipping rates jump from $16 USD within the United States to <strong><span style="color: #ff0000">$50 USD!!</span></strong> everywhere else, regardless of volume. That's a seriously unbelievable price, and I have to imagine many other potential international backers do a double-take when they see this. Most frustrating of all is the fact that my relatives in <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/2Ml51" target="_blank">Alaska</a> (remote, but part of the United States, for anyone who didn't know) can have these products shipped to them for more than 1/3rd the shipping rate of my friends in <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VsEuz" target="_blank">Windsor, Ontario</a> (a medium-sized Canadian city literally across a bridge from Detroit, Michigan). That's entirely nonsensical.</p><p></p><p>I understand it's not the creators' fault that shipping is this outrageous. What I don't understand is whom I really should be blaming, and why these shipping rates need to be so absurd. I know this forum includes a number of Kickstarter veterans, so please enlighten me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorhook, post: 6340884, member: 58401"] Why the heck is Kickstarter international shipping always so ridiculous? I live in Canada, and being right next door to the United States affords me absolutely no advantage over Timbuktu or Fiji when it comes to shipping prices on Kickstarters. Why?! :mad: It's seriously aggravating. I have funded Kickstarters before. I backed [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION]' recent project, "[URL="http://www.woinrpg.com/"]What's O.L.D. is N.E.W.[/URL]" (which I'm pretty excited about), but limited myself to PDF versions, mainly to avoid the ridiculous international shipping rate; I recall Morrus mentioning that, being in the United Kingdom, even he has to pay that same larcenous shipping rate for his own products. Currently, I would really like to back [MENTION=6770096]Mechalus[/MENTION]' [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/804836187/tact-tiles-modular-wet-and-dry-erase-gaming-surfac"]Tact-Tiles Kickstarter[/URL]. However, the shipping rates jump from $16 USD within the United States to [b][COLOR=#ff0000]$50 USD!![/COLOR][/b] everywhere else, regardless of volume. That's a seriously unbelievable price, and I have to imagine many other potential international backers do a double-take when they see this. Most frustrating of all is the fact that my relatives in [URL="https://goo.gl/maps/2Ml51"]Alaska[/URL] (remote, but part of the United States, for anyone who didn't know) can have these products shipped to them for more than 1/3rd the shipping rate of my friends in [URL="https://goo.gl/maps/VsEuz"]Windsor, Ontario[/URL] (a medium-sized Canadian city literally across a bridge from Detroit, Michigan). That's entirely nonsensical. I understand it's not the creators' fault that shipping is this outrageous. What I don't understand is whom I really should be blaming, and why these shipping rates need to be so absurd. I know this forum includes a number of Kickstarter veterans, so please enlighten me. [/QUOTE]
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