Canadian Transshippers: HELP

[bahamut285]

Hello all, I was just wondering if anybody knows any Canadian shippers... "David" on Aquabid is charging me $105 total from Thailand to my house... Is this normal? All this guy does is MAIL the fish, meanwhile the poor breeder makes $20 off of this, WTF.

I haven't bid yet, Auction closes on Thursday... What to do... :/

[Tisia]

I think the transhippers pay a set amount every time they get a shipment in, so if they're not getting very many they won't be able to split the cost as much

[nel3]

Originally Posted by bahamut285

Hello all, I was just wondering if anybody knows any Canadian shippers... "David" on Aquabid is charging me $105 total from Thailand to my house... Is this normal? All this guy does is MAIL the fish, meanwhile the poor breeder makes $20 off of this, WTF.

I haven't bid yet, Auction closes on Thursday... What to do... :/

that is extremely bizarre. im waiting for my betta on AB to ship. i live in montreal and i'll have to go thru transhipper either way. he said h'ed charge me $20 from Thailand-Montreal. i will drive down to his house to pick it up. where do you live and what are the details of your purchase? i'm a first time buyer on AB. i only contacted him after i purchased the betta on AB.

his words exactly.
"Hi Jonathan, shipping cost from Thailand to me = 20$ for each betta and you can pick up bettas at my place.
"

[briser]

When I emailed David about shipping one betta to me (montreal to nova scotia) that it would be $40.

[nel3]

looks like the buyers' location really does make quite a difference :S.

[Pitluvs]

I emailed him last night and he said $15 to Thailand Breeder and $90 for 6 fish. I asked for a single fish quote. Anyways, you may be stuck with paying whatever now. I don't believe your fish should come to $100 unless you bought the fish for $70 on AQ. If you are picking up the fish from him, he should charge you the fee for his services, but not any shipping fees. Stand up for yourself and ask for a detailed list of costs. You should only be paying fish+thailand ship+his fee for getting fish and thats it. If I got with Thailand, I'll be sure to look for another trans shipper.

[fishman12]

Well he sure is expensive...

[Pitluvs]

Also, I just bought a Betta male from Montreal and I'm having it shipped to me on the Greyhound Bus (36h) and it cost me $30some dollars for shipping. Just to toss that in there.

[nel3]

Originally Posted by fishman12

Well he sure is expensive...

that may be true in some cases ie pick up or extra delivery but he's the only canadian one i know of.

[Pitluvs]

Try emailing these...

Hung Thanh Pham - phosecondbowl@cogeco.ca - Tel. 1-905-321-7083

Zena Ng - zenafish@hotmail.com