Digital BW, The Print

Can anyone suggest one? 

I recently ordered some paper from the U.S. The shipping via UPS cost 
me Can.$50, took 10 days, and when it (finally) arrived I was 
presented with an additional bill of $25 for 'customs brokerage'. I 
usually get stung by UPS every couple of years, when I forget about 
their molasses-slow service and exorbitant rates (FedEx is usually 
much better on both counts), during an impulse purchase.

The last order for 4oz bottles of FNS-QUAD-SET ink from MIS cost me 
exactly $5.75 for shipping and handling to Canada. It was sent air 
parcel post.

I specify USPS, not UPS. USPS + Canada Post is a hard combination to 
beat. And they are just as fast as UPS and more secure as far as i'm 
concerned.

Inkjetmall insist on Fedex (won't send USPS to Canada, they cite that 
foreign country thing). Their last order of same cost me $29.00 for 
shipping even though i'm located nearer to them than most of their US 
based customers.

Cheers,
Andre

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dsmithhfx" 
<dsmithhfx@y...> wrote:
> Can anyone suggest one? 
> 
> I recently ordered some paper from the U.S. The shipping via UPS 
cost 

> me Can.$50, took 10 days, and when it (finally) arrived I was 
> presented with an additional bill of $25 for 'customs brokerage'. I 
> usually get stung by UPS every couple of years, when I forget about 
> their molasses-slow service and exorbitant rates (FedEx is usually 
> much better on both counts), during an impulse purchase.

As far as I know MIS does not have a distributor in Canada.  TreckHall 
was stocking piezo products and some papers (other than Epson) for a 
while but they stopped.

I know what you mean about UPS.  I nearly had a stroke the first time 
they showed up at my door looking to collect 25$ (plus taxes) to 
deliver a 5 or 10 USD CD.  I won't buy anything from an online supplier 
if their only shipping option is UPS.  Postal service is great and 
FedEx is fast but not cheap (as I'm sure you know).

--
Kevin

On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 05:18  AM, dsmithhfx wrote:

> Can anyone suggest one?
>
> I recently ordered some paper from the U.S. The shipping via UPS cost
> me Can.$50, took 10 days, and when it (finally) arrived I was
> presented with an additional bill of $25 for 'customs brokerage'. I
> usually get stung by UPS every couple of years, when I forget about
> their molasses-slow service and exorbitant rates (FedEx is usually
> much better on both counts), during an impulse purchase.
>
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Treckhall has a $100 min. order. vistek.ca deals Ilford Galerie 
papers though you have to search on the name to turn them up (and 
they may not have them in stock). I'm convinced the UPS "brokerage 
fee" is a scam since others (USPS, FedEx) don't seem to requirer it. 
You're right, FE is expensive but not tear-your-hair-out expensive 
like UPS.

Gerry Gray of inkrefill.ca sells MIS color dye ink under his own 
brand name substantially cheaper (Can.$54 vs. inksupply's U.S.$48), 
along with the reset software withdrawn by inksupply.com, but does 
not currently have the archival color, or quad/hextones. IIRC he 
mentioned he might start selling the quad/hextones in future.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Gulstene 
<kevin@d...> wrote:
> As far as I know MIS does not have a distributor in Canada.  
TreckHall 
> was stocking piezo products and some papers (other than Epson) for 
a 
> while but they stopped.
> 
> I know what you mean about UPS.  I nearly had a stroke the first 
time 
> they showed up at my door looking to collect 25$ (plus taxes) to 
> deliver a 5 or 10 USD CD.  I won't buy anything from an online 
supplier 

> if their only shipping option is UPS.  Postal service is great and 
> FedEx is fast but not cheap (as I'm sure you know).
> 
> --
> Kevin