Canadian needs help finding online stores he can afford to buy from - Tiki Marketplace

E EnchantedTikiGoth Member Calgary, Canada Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 355	E EnchantedTikiGoth Posted posted on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 4:19 PM Holy moly, ease up guys. Sophista-tiki... I admit my initial post was exasperated. But believe it or not, the seller does make a difference. In other collections of mine and various and sundry things I bought from the US, there's a wild mix of what they charge to begin with, how much shipping they charge (or overcharge), who they ship with, and whether or not "import charges" get tacked onto it (not to mention the people who just CAN'T ship internationally, meaning they can't be bothered to actually go to the post office). I pretty much won't buy from people who ship via UPS anymore. And all of that is on top of the fact that by living a mere 3 hours north of the US border, as ridiculous as it would be, it seems like it would just be more cost effective to rent a PO Box in West Glacier, Montana. I don't doubt your own experience as an artist and businessperson, and it's not my intention to cast aspersions on you or anyone else in particular, I'm just speaking from my own experience that ordering from the US is not as cut-and-dry as that. Anyways, I'll just throw in here that I like your ties, and if I'm ever in LA when a Tiki Marketplace event is going on and you are there, then I look forward to buying one or two if you'll let me :) [ Edited by: EnchantedTikiGoth 2015-02-20 16:23 ]

Holy moly, ease up guys.

Sophista-tiki... I admit my initial post was exasperated. But believe it or not, the seller does make a difference. In other collections of mine and various and sundry things I bought from the US, there's a wild mix of what they charge to begin with, how much shipping they charge (or overcharge), who they ship with, and whether or not "import charges" get tacked onto it (not to mention the people who just CAN'T ship internationally, meaning they can't be bothered to actually go to the post office). I pretty much won't buy from people who ship via UPS anymore. And all of that is on top of the fact that by living a mere 3 hours north of the US border, as ridiculous as it would be, it seems like it would just be more cost effective to rent a PO Box in West Glacier, Montana. I don't doubt your own experience as an artist and businessperson, and it's not my intention to cast aspersions on you or anyone else in particular, I'm just speaking from my own experience that ordering from the US is not as cut-and-dry as that.

Anyways, I'll just throw in here that I like your ties, and if I'm ever in LA when a Tiki Marketplace event is going on and you are there, then I look forward to buying one or two if you'll let me :)

[ Edited by: EnchantedTikiGoth 2015-02-20 16:23 ]

Post #737831 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 4:19 PM