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    • neph93N
      neph93
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      I'd like to order the Red Buffalo UHF.  I'm in Canada and there is no stock left at Canadian retailers.  I was wondering what the customs charges would be ordering direct from Iron heart.  Thanks in advance

      Canadian customs are best placed to tell you that. It is the Canadian govt who makes that charge, not Iron Heart. A quick Google comes up with this:

      https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/postal-postale/dtytx-drttx-eng.html

      Looks like 5-13% of the cost depending where you live, but here is a calculator:

      https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html

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        @alwaysbefading:

        I'd like to order the Red Buffalo UHF.  I'm in Canada and there is no stock left at Canadian retailers.  I was wondering what the customs charges would be ordering direct from Iron heart.  Thanks in advance

        Canadian customs are best placed to tell you that. It is the Canadian govt who makes that charge, not Iron Heart. A quick Google comes up with this:

        https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/postal-postale/dtytx-drttx-eng.html

        Looks like 5-13% of the cost depending where you live, but here is a calculator:

        https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html

        On the International IH website there's a message that pops up that says there are no cross border fees for Canada.  I just wanted to make sure, since they use UPS and i've had some huge charges from them in the past.

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          teddyjay
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          @neph93:

          @alwaysbefading:

          I'd like to order the Red Buffalo UHF.  I'm in Canada and there is no stock left at Canadian retailers.  I was wondering what the customs charges would be ordering direct from Iron heart.  Thanks in advance

          Canadian customs are best placed to tell you that. It is the Canadian govt who makes that charge, not Iron Heart. A quick Google comes up with this:

          https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/postal-postale/dtytx-drttx-eng.html

          Looks like 5-13% of the cost depending where you live, but here is a calculator:

          https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html

          On the International IH website there's a message that pops up that says there are no cross border fees for Canada.  I just wanted to make sure, since they use UPS and i've had some huge charges from them in the past.

          I’m in Canada and have bought several things on the international IH website.  There are no other customs fees that you have to pay.

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          • GilesG
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            For any shipments to Canada we pick up all the charges, there is a facility in UPS that we select that says "all fees and charges to be charged to the shipper".

            That is why a pop up come us if you are browsing from Canada that say; there are no cross border charges if shopping from Canada.  It is obviously not clear enough.  How could we make it clearer?

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              We have reworded the pop-up.  I think it is now 100% clear….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                Thank you.  I've just been burned so many times with high customs charges.  I'll be ordering direct from you guys from now on

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  That's great thanks.  We recognise that Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are some of the most venal customs authorities in the world, so we wanted to take the additional aggravation and level of stress away from our Canadian customers.  That is why we do what we do….

                  UPS brokerage process the shipment on behalf of CBSA and than charge us.  This also means that shipments do not get held up, whilst waiting for charges to be paid because the charges just get added to our UPS account.

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    Hi @Giles,
                    I don’t think there’s an issue with the wording.  It’s just hard to believe that all customs fees are included in the price!  Especially with UPS- Their brokerage fees are ridiculous.  I’m forever buying all my IH gear straight from the source!

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                      Maybe it could have an addition sentence, along the lines of 'yes it's true, Iron Heart will pick up the tab to make sure there's no cross border customs fees' or something like that.

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
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                        It does now…..

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • louisboscoL
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                            is there another option for shipping to rest of the world? does the fedex alternative still exist?

                            UPS still hasn't taken their usual route of which means parcels get routed the longer way through Europe then to the USA (Kentucky and Hawaii) and to SYD before PER. It also adds on a week to 2 weeks to the time taken before it gets to West Aus. The usual route goes through Germany, China, Singapore and down the west coast of Australia which is way quicker. i'm not sure how long this will last depending on their flight operations..

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
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                              It does not I am afraid.  It costs us about 3x as much to ship Fedex, TNT or DHL, than it does with UPS…...

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • louisboscoL
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                                ahh that's fair.. thought i remember a couple years ago that fedex was an option.. dropped them completely?

                                "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  Completely dropped.  We have tried them all now.  UPS has a few faults, but overall, for how we use them, they completely piss over any of the other big names both in cost and service, not just in terms of exports, but imports too….

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • louisboscoL
                                    louisbosco
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                                    thanks G

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                                      prpx
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                                      my shipment (travelling to Croatia) took a weird de-tour to South Africa  ???
                                      anyone had that happened to them?

                                      2021-11-20 23:00
                                      Kempton Park, ZA, Arrived at Facility

                                      2021-11-20 04:45
                                      Koeln, DE, Departed from Facility

                                      2021-11-20 02:41
                                      Koeln, DE, Your delivery will be rescheduled.

                                      2021-11-19 01:09
                                      Koeln, DE, Arrived at Facility

                                      2021-11-18 22:44
                                      Stansted, GB, Departed from Facility

                                      2021-11-18 21:04
                                      Stansted, GB, Arrived at Facility

                                      2021-11-18 18:45
                                      Southampton, GB, Departed from Facility

                                      2021-11-18 18:34
                                      Southampton, GB, Origin Scan

                                      2021-11-18 16:58
                                      GB, Shipper created a label, UPS has not received the package yet.

                                      2021-11-18 16:57
                                      Southampton, GB, Pickup Scan

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        my shipment (travelling to Croatia) took a weird de-tour to South Africa  ???
                                        anyone had that happened to them?

                                        2021-11-20 23:00
                                        Kempton Park, ZA, Arrived at Facility

                                        That is bizarre!

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                                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                          prpx
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                                          yeah it is
                                          at least it's still in the same time zone  🙂
                                          hopefully it will arrive in couple of weeks. ups should open a travel agency

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                                            DrPat
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                                            While I was at the IH Germany party last weekend I was talking to someone who didn't want to order IH UK because he was afraid of being hit with a customs charge.  I explained to him that it's covered by IH UK and he won't have to pay anything.

                                            I then searched for this info on the web page and it took me a while to find it (it's in very small font on top of the Shipping Info page https://www.ironhearteu.com/content/shipping-information).

                                            This is just a heads up to the crew that some people are not aware of the current policy and perhaps there could be a better way to get this info across.

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