Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-06 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Dave O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No ten packs :/ Although I've heard of Andrew Greig before, the koolu website doesn't inspire confidence in me. I wouldn't trust them with my money. ___ Openmoko community mailing

Re: Shipping to Canada...

2008-07-06 Thread Ian Darwin
Steven Kurylo wrote: On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Dave O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No ten packs :/ Although I've heard of Andrew Greig before, the koolu website doesn't inspire confidence in me. I wouldn't trust them with my money. Koolu is a real company with real products of

Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread Dave O'Connor
Hello. I'm in Canada too and myself and Railer from the #openmoko along with someone in my group have been doing some research into this. UPS Suck, they screw you on two main fees, brokerage (customs clearance) and bond fees. Bond fees are for them putting up the money for GST which you can pay

Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread arne anka
Did I mention UPS suck? i second that ... ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread Ian Darwin
On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 11:57:24PM -0600, Matthias Stone wrote: These are probably silly questions, but I ask anyway (and thank you for your replies) a) In shipping the phone (freerunner) to Canada, are any taxes/duty/fees applied? (buying from [1]openmoko.com webstore)

Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread Dean Bennett
You should know that there is a group buy for Alberta getting organized right, and we could use 1 or 2 more people. Taxes apply, duty might, and the couriers all may charge brokerage fees. UPS really sucks in this regard. One of the members of the group has offered to do the paperwork, so no

Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread Steven Kurylo
Taxes apply, duty might, and the couriers all may charge brokerage fees. UPS really sucks in this regard. One of the members of the group has offered to do the paperwork, so no brokerage fees. For a single phone the fees are $50. However if you chose the more expense shipping method from

RE: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread steve
If you live in Canada buy the phone from Koolu. See our distributor page. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Stone Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 10:57 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Shipping to canada... These are probably silly

RE: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread steve
Check out Koolu. They have just signed up as a distributor for Canada and the US. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave O'Connor Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 11:27 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Shipping

Re: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread Gabriel A. Devenyi
On July 05, 2008, steve wrote: If you live in Canada buy the phone from Koolu. See our distributor page. Too bad their webstore is *broken* and I can't get past the select your shipping address page. -- Gabriel A. Devenyi B.Eng. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Shipping to canada...

2008-07-05 Thread Dave O'Connor
To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Shipping to canada... Hello. I'm in Canada too and myself and Railer from the #openmoko along with someone in my group have been doing some research into this. UPS Suck, they screw you on two main fees, brokerage (customs clearance