I had created a new post some hours ago about the Canadian shipping costs (which are the highest for some reason), but it appears to have been eaten by /dev/null... I'll repost here, with apologies if the thread was created and I'm just not seeing it:
According to the Help/FAQ, the fee includes "applicable customs, duties, import and country specific other fees". As anyone in Canada ordering from the US knows, duties and taxes are levied somewhat arbitrarily - it's not uncommon to receive something with no additional taxes levied, despite accurate declared value that technically warrants it. Even when they are levied, they are charged through to the party receiving the shipment, and it's hard to see how they could ever come in so high as to approach this up-front cost - higher than *every* other country on the list: Phone: 399.00 USD = 499.63 CAD Shipping: 264.19 USD = 331.19 CAD (66% of the cost of the device!) Total: 830.82 CAD :( No regrets about joining the Market, as I am going to develop on this platform in any case. I'm just disappointed that I won't be dabbling with real hardware over the holidays, and I know other developers here who are in the same boat - all willing to lay out the price of the phone, but not about to pay 66% on top for shipping. Can someone please take a stab at breaking down or otherwise rationalizing this number, helping me (and other Canucks scratching their heads and/or already being preyed upon by eBay sellers) to understand this? For $18.99, I could have this next-day shipped to a location in NY state a mere 5km away. Why are these heavy additional charges rolled into the shipping cost, and why are the extra charges for Canada so high relative to all other countries? On Dec 8, 10:14 am, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > elDoudou wrote: > > Just wanted to react over the now available "Android Dev Phone 1" > > device, which is available at $399. A very good news, if you omit the > > $183,81 shipping fee (at least from France), resulting from what is > > named "UPS Innovations". > > The "shipping fee" apparently also covers import duties and the like. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
