Brightstar has a history of screwing up International Orders, which can be found by looking at the history of the One Laptop Per Child's G1G1 program. In that case, getting the device was the issue, not the cost of the shipping. It took Brightstar almost six months to figure out how to ship to Canada for cheap, and it seems that they've promptly forgot how to do that with the astronomical shipping cost for the Dev Phone. It shouldn't cost that much to ship it to Canada.
I honestly want to know why Brightstar has so much trouble shipping to Canada, because every other company that I have ever dealt with hasn't had a problem shipping across the border. If we could get some justification from them, that would be helpful, since every cool device that I want (either for dev work, or for personal) seems to inflict their unique brand of pain. On Dec 8, 10:00 am, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even when they are levied, they are charged > > through to the party receiving the shipment, > > Not in this case. In this case the duties and taxes have been charged > to the shipper, which is why the cost of shipping *and handling* is > much more than just the shipping cost. > > As to the amount, I'm not a lawyer or a customs specialist. Therefore, > I assume the costs vary by country according to the laws of that > country. While it is true that sometimes duties are not assessed > depending on how shipments are labeled, it doesn't mean that legally > they shouldn't be. > > Cheers, > Justin > Android Team @ Google > > On Dec 8, 4:30 am, J Dietrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, I signed up for the Market, and then suffered a severe bout of Jaw > > Drop when I saw that it was going to cost $264.19 to ship to Canada. I > > quickly retreated from purchasing what had been looking like one hell > > of an x-mas present for myself. > > > 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
