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shallow_karl · ‎02-03-2026

Canadians can be awful buyers. Vacillating, wishy-washy, cheap and slow to pay. For me they represent less than 4% of sales vs. The U.S. I'd like to expand all listing to the entire world, but you can't separate Can. Shipping costs from "the world" on Ebay.com, not if you are in Canada. So the Can. buyer sees $100 shipping instead of $20. This necessitates a temporary manual change in the shipping cost to accommodate the Canadian.

dobo5250 · ‎02-03-2026

to each his own i guess i find everywhere except canada to awful wishy washy cheap and slow to pay scammers types and is why i don't do anywhere but canada****** elbows up as we say****

fh991586 · ‎02-03-2026

You came here only to complain about your own fellow citizens? That's a great marketing strategy...

grann-4629 · ‎02-03-2026

So, what do you need help with?

mrdutch1001 · ‎02-03-2026

although few & far between these days, I do so love my Canadian customers. Bless'em all!

dinomitesales · ‎02-04-2026

If you're selling on dotCOM from Canada I assume you're already using Flat Rate shipping.

All you need to do is set up an International rate table and you can specify flat rate shipping costs for individual countries.

sapphyres-designer-jewellery · ‎02-06-2026

@shallow_karl wrote:
Canadians can be awful buyers. Vacillating, wishy-washy, cheap and slow to pay. For me they represent less than 4% of sales vs. The U.S. I'd like to expand all listing to the entire world, but you can't separate Can. Shipping costs from "the world" on Ebay.com, not if you are in Canada. So the Can. buyer sees $100 shipping instead of $20. This necessitates a temporary manual change in the shipping cost to accommodate the Canadian.

On the dot com site you can set shipping rates for regions, like Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Asia, Germany... Sometimes my Canadian shipping is higher than my US shipping on some items (if they are big and bulky and will cost too much to ship with Canada Post).

C.

sapphyres-designer-jewellery · ‎02-06-2026

@mrdutch1001 wrote:
although few & far between these days, I do so love my Canadian customers. Bless'em all!

I got a really awesome buyer in my other store... and he's in Canada which means no hassles with tariffs.

So far the only "Canadian" who asked for a discount in the price because "there's no tariffs in shipping to Canada" is a US buyer who wanted their stuff shipped to a family member. I replied that they get cheap shipping in Canada, US buyers pay 3x as much for shipping (but tracked costs are similar). Needless to say they never bought anything because I wouldn't discount the price and tell them it was because of tariffs.

C.