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Curse You Bandai Store

TwelveMind - the way it normally works is if you import from TRSI, you should only be charged the HST and a handling charge upon delivery. In my experience, handling charges ranged from $5-$7. So in the case of your Baccano BD, you should have only been charged $14-ish at most. TRSI's shipping agent until recently was XPO; TRSI dropped them when that company stopped providing itemized receipts (i.e. no longer listed how much you were paying in HST and how much in delivery charges). In future, be sure to check your itemized receipt to make sure you are not be overcharged (TRSI now has a new shipping agent that presumably does this).

As for Bandai, I thought they stopped shipping to Canada? Did they resume at some point? If they have, I have no idea what you might be charged for a handling fee - that seems to depend on the shipping agent used.

The reason why sometimes it is cheaper to order from Amazon.com, is that I don't think it (and especially sellers in its Marketplace) are as rigorous about identifying its packages so that the HST is charged to you.

Thanks. It does sounds like I was overcharged by XPO and I did get in touch with Rightstuf about it. They were ready to intervene but wanted the receipt which I already threw away.

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Thanks. It does sounds like I was overcharged by XPO and I did get in touch with Rightstuf about it. They were ready to intervene but wanted the receipt which I already threw away.

Sorry you had a problem; however, since I have since figured out XPO's error, I will be refunding everyone en-masse and you won't need to worry about it. A refund should be on the way to you soon for the overcharge.

Still, I'm currently leaning towards Righstuf for Kenshin given the uncertainty for Bandai's handling charge. If all things are equal then Rightstuf has cheaper shipping.