Canadian fellows ordering parts

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Canadian fellows ordering parts

October 07, 2009, 04:32:34 PM

hi all i was wondering if any of you actually ordered parts fom jegs or summit and how much did it cost you is it overpriced or still worth it
i need a pair of shocks and struts and dont wanna pay 100$ in shipping only...

Canadian fellows ordering parts

Reply #1 – October 07, 2009, 06:53:42 PM

Check arround at performance shops in your area first. When our $ was high I bought alot of stuff out of the US and even with shipping and border charges it still was cheaper. But small stuff i would look in Canada first.

Canadian fellows ordering parts

Reply #2 – October 08, 2009, 07:42:58 AM

A good Canadian speed shop can be within 10-15% of Summit's US pricing. The kicker with ordering through Summit, for example, is that UPS will ding you at least $45 brokerage fees no matter what the value of your order.
I concur with the last post that when the CAD was low, it was well worth going state side, but not right now.
Hope this helps,
Cam

Canadian fellows ordering parts

Reply #3 – October 08, 2009, 08:13:59 AM

The Canadian and US dollars are for all intents and purposes par right now (the difference is 3 or 4 cents). Your big expense is going to be brokerage if they ship with UPS or FedEX. I believe Summit offers post office shipping as well, which only has a $5 brokerage fee, and that's only if you get randomly selected to pay sales tax. UPS only charges the brokerage fee on items with taxes due as well, but they assign taxes to everything worth more than $20CAD, and they charge at least $45 to collect those taxes (so if you buy something that has, say, $2 taxes due they'll charge you $45 to collect that $2, plus the $45 is taxed as well).

Canadian fellows ordering parts

Reply #4 – October 08, 2009, 09:53:22 AM

well yea thats alot of money just in fees thanx for replying guys this has helped

Canadian fellows ordering parts

Reply #5 – October 12, 2009, 03:10:38 PM

Someone arround there should be able to get you the parts you need at a resonable price.