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  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Calgary
Posted by MaxPower on Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:41 PM

Sigh... there's the rub. It's half price but after currency exchange, duty, taxes, borkerage and the wait time it works out to be so close that you may as well have bought it localy. At the end of the day that $65 purchase will be $130. May as well spend the 20 bucks to have it that day, and be able to easily return it if theres a problem.

I think I'll go with the Ebay store that is in Ontario and ships via Canada Post. Now to decide what brush to get but I think that gets it's own thread.

 

Bgrigg go look at my F15 in the Aircraft fora. Smile [:)]

  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:51 PM

Any of the couriers will charge brokerage. It's a straight forward cost that they get billed, so we get billed. If you ship by mail it will take (almost) forever, but no brokerage, and you might even duck the duty. Worth a try. A Badger 150 retails for $150 in Kelowna, and Dixieart lists them for $65.

 

So long folks!

  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Calgary
Posted by MaxPower on Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:54 PM

I checked those out yesterday. Ouch! I called up the one place and they wanted $289 for the eclipse and the online Ebay store is $115.

Is UPS the only carrier that charges a brokerage fee upon delivery? 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Vancouver,BC Canada
Posted by mike007 on Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:03 AM
This Canadian Iwata retailers link at www.iwata-medea.com/contact/canada_retail.jsp
  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Calgary
Canadian Iwata retailers?
Posted by MaxPower on Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:21 AM

I'm thinking about treating myself to a gravity feed brush. I want a nice detail brush and plan to use my 155 Anthem as a brush for Future and the like. I'm looking at the Iwata (HP-C plus) but am considering the 100LG.

Dixie art has good prices but sometimes getting stuff shipped to Canada can end up costing the same (taxes/duty/stupid brokerage fee) Is it just UPS that nails you for a brokerage fee?

There's an Ebay store that has the HP-C plus for $150 CAD that ships via Canada post from Ontario. A local store I checked out wanted $260!! The disadvantage here is that I can only get the brush and will have to find a hose or adapter.

Anybody first off have advice about which brush to get (looking at the revolution series as well) but also have any experience ordering from Dixie Art and getting it shipped to Canada? Or have a link that google failed to turn up for me?

 

Thanks! 

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