Toronto Military Antiques

[Neil Ashley]

Do any Canadian members have experience of using Toronto Military Antiques? I was trying to order a couple of cloth badges which could go normal leter post and they want £17.34 postage.

I know leaving the EU is causing some problems but a little excessive possibly.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

I don't think it has anything to do with the UK leaving the EU. I was quoted CAD 134 for shipping a CAD 100 item from Canada to the Netherlands...

What I read is that due to COVID the demand for shipping has increased, while the supply is lagging, hence the price increases.

[B. Harris]

Here is the calculator tool and you can get the correct value for shipping.


https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/a...execution=e1s1

[rob love]

Often, because of scammers, businesses will not ship things as non-trackable letter-mail anymore. And since companies like paypal and most credit card companies favor the purchaser, if the parcel does not make it, or the buyer claims it did not make it, even when the buyer specifies "no insurance/cheapest method", the seller is left holding the bag. As such, most sellers will only ship insured and trackable on the buyers dime.

Add to that the porch pirates, which has really taken off with the covid shutdowns, and it's another reason why sellers won't ship the cheapest method.

[Jordan Baker]

Also if purchasing from them, use their website and not from eBay. The EBAY prices tend to be higher and in US funds.

[Neil Ashley]

Thank you for the responses. It was their web site quoting that price.

I have e-mailed them requesting clarification.