which online stores in USA are willing to ship goods to Canada and What type of goods do they ship to canada?

Question

I need to buy everything for living. i am moving to canada and noticed everything i want to buy is so expensive in canada. so i tried to buy in US online stores. so far i tried amazon.com and overstock.com and they both refused to ship to canada. any suggestions please.

Answer 1

I sell on ebay and mail stuff to Canada all the time. You could find some other sellers that do too. Your postage gets nutty if you aren't careful but take advantage of the flat rate packaging available. I know a lot of Amazon marketplace sellers do too. Check there.

For info, these are the basic USPS rates:

First Class to Canada:
8 oz arounf $4.00
1 lb 5.00
2 lb $9.00
3 $12.50
4 $16.00

After 4 pounds, Priority must be used. There's two flat rate boxes for about $23.00 up. Usually stuff gets high priority if you don't use a flat rate box.

Your next option is M-bag. You pay $18.70 for a minimum of 11 pounds, with $1.70 for every pound after that. Those can take up to 4 weeks. Customs can be quite slow at time.

I think the US to Canada rates for stuff is a lot higher but I'm really not sure.