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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 7 points 1 year ago

There's also some pretty big business deals and discounts going on. If you go directly to Canada Post or UPS or Purolator or DHL, you're going to pay for the big price. If you go through a shipping company, you can get it for much much cheaper. I got over 5x cheaper on a few boxes I needed to ship across the border that way.

That puts individuals and small local companies at a pretty big disadvantage, on top of Chinese products generally being much cheaper to begin with.

[-] bradmont@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Can regular nonbusiness users use them? This sounds fabulous

[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's what I did. Basically they take people's smaller shipments, bundle it into a larger shipment that's much cheaper, and can manage to charge you less and still make a profit on it.

[-] bradmont@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Neat! I known nothing about these companies, could you give me names of the ones you've used?

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