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11-21-2013, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Amuse  Point 2 point just accepts prepaid USPS parcels right? They don't print out labels for you? | i don't know why don't you call them? they have a phone number.
i almost guarantee they can send for you if you pay
don't ask me anymore questions on it, just call them
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11-21-2013, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Amuse Point 2 point just accepts prepaid USPS parcels right? They don't print out labels for you? | I dropped off 2 boxes there last week for shipping to a US address. Taped on the prepaid shipping labels at home. They took them, didn't cost me anything.
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12-09-2013, 02:24 PM
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Sorry didn't want to flip through 29 pages. Does anyone know of a good shipping receiver in Bellingham. Specifically anyone that would accept pallets.
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12-09-2013, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jackal Sorry didn't want to flip through 29 pages. Does anyone know of a good shipping receiver in Bellingham. Specifically anyone that would accept pallets. | It's not in Bellingham but it's on it's way there. Blaine enterprises accepts pallets.
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12-10-2013, 12:33 AM
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blaine isn't along the route my shipper goes to. it's along the way for a canadian but not for someone coming from seattle and they don't want to send their driver the extra distance.
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12-11-2013, 10:14 AM
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I opened an account with PR Shell. on the account confirmation it say they cannot receive USPS because USPS wont release the goods to them unless a release form was signed prior. any one know if its the same USPS policy with others like P2P and TLC?
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12-11-2013, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by NNT I opened an account with PR Shell. on the account confirmation it say they cannot receive USPS because USPS wont release the goods to them unless a release form was signed prior. any one know if its the same USPS policy with others like P2P and TLC? | I thought you just have to go into the store and sign some sort of USPS waiver. I think I did that eons ago when PR Shell first started their parcel pick up business.
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12-11-2013, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Traum I thought you just have to go into the store and sign some sort of USPS waiver. I think I did that eons ago when PR Shell first started their parcel pick up business. | This is true. Just sign a form while you're there and they are authorized to receive USPS on your behalf.
I signed the form the first time I picked up something. They'll usually ask you to sign it on your first trip there. No idea about TLC/P2P though.
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12-14-2013, 02:32 PM
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Today was the worst day to go.
Lesson learned, never go on a saturday.
1hr+ Line up outside the post office.
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12-14-2013, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by wonton1017 Today was the worst day to go.
Lesson learned, never go on a saturday.
1hr+ Line up outside the post office. | 
Weekends are generally a bad time since most people don't work weekends (assuming that most people have Mon-Fri type jobs).
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12-14-2013, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by wonton1017 Today was the worst day to go.
Lesson learned, never go on a saturday.
1hr+ Line up outside the post office. | Went down today, in the afternoon no less:
- 2 car wait in Nexus line into PR
- 1/2 person wait at PR Shell
- $0.999/L gas at PR Shell or $0.919/L at US Gas
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12-14-2013, 10:41 PM
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^Damn you, i don't have my nexus yet.
I guess a lot of people (including me) thought they would out smart the lazy people by going early in the morning (~9:30). Never going on a saturday again.
But the gas indeed was the lowest i've ever seen.
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12-14-2013, 10:57 PM
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^^ That's why I like using PR Shell so much. They're open on Sundays, and that's typically when I go. Since most of the other shops are closed, traffic is almost always very light.
If I wasn't already in the area today, I wouldn't have gone down on a Saturday. Today's line up into PR in the regular lanes seemed both longer and slower than usual.
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01-27-2014, 08:47 PM
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bump for the penny pinching crossborder shoppers
what's the best way you guys have been able to bypass the 2.5% CC fee on top of the now mediocre exchange rate?
Can I sign up for an american CC and pay it off with my canadian account?
my bank doesn't offer USD CC with no annual fees.
before i get the  comments...2.5% still adds up over the course of a year
i ask because paypal exchange usually works out to be 2-3% lower than exchange rates so it ends up being the same as a direct CC purchase?
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01-27-2014, 08:53 PM
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I believe the amazon credit card has no additional fees on top of the exchange rate
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01-27-2014, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero bump for the penny pinching crossborder shoppers
what's the best way you guys have been able to bypass the 2.5% CC fee on top of the now mediocre exchange rate?
Can I sign up for an american CC and pay it off with my canadian account?
my bank doesn't offer USD CC with no annual fees.
before i get the comments...2.5% still adds up over the course of a year
i ask because paypal exchange usually works out to be 2-3% lower than exchange rates so it ends up being the same as a direct CC purchase? | TD US Dollar Visa or BMO U.S. Dollar Mastercard.
Spend more than $1000 USD on the BMO card and the annual fee is waived the next year.
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01-27-2014, 09:37 PM
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amazon.ca chase visa doesn't allow you to add US address
i cant find any info on that aspect for the bmo USD mastercard
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01-27-2014, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero amazon.ca chase visa doesn't allow you to add US address
i cant find any info on that aspect for the bmo USD mastercard | Really? It did for me.
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01-27-2014, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero bump for the penny pinching crossborder shoppers
what's the best way you guys have been able to bypass the 2.5% CC fee on top of the now mediocre exchange rate?
Can I sign up for an american CC and pay it off with my canadian account?
my bank doesn't offer USD CC with no annual fees.
before i get the comments...2.5% still adds up over the course of a year
i ask because paypal exchange usually works out to be 2-3% lower than exchange rates so it ends up being the same as a direct CC purchase? | Quote:
Originally Posted by Coren I believe the amazon credit card has no additional fees on top of the exchange rate | Quote:
Originally Posted by twitchyzero amazon.ca chase visa doesn't allow you to add US address
i cant find any info on that aspect for the bmo USD mastercard | Quote:
Originally Posted by CRS Really? It did for me. | I'm currently using an Amazon Visa and so far I've been able to make purchases from the states.
Only downside is they gave me a card with a low credit limit lol...
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01-27-2014, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by CRS Really? It did for me. | the huge thread on RFD suggests otherwise
one guy also tried to switch his primary billing address to US one and chase locked his account
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01-27-2014, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero the huge thread on RFD suggests otherwise
one guy also tried to switch his primary billing address to US one and chase locked his account | Why not just use it as a shipping address?
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01-27-2014, 11:27 PM
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^When you say you have the Amazon Visa:
Do you have the .ca Chase Visa or the .com Chase Visa? Are they the same (as in identical perks)?
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01-27-2014, 11:31 PM
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#723 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by TypeRNammer
Only downside is they gave me a card with a low credit limit lol...
| yeah the CL is like 20% of my MBNA mastercard's CL lol Quote:
Originally Posted by CRS Why not just use it as a shipping address? | some american payment systems will reject your card if billing address isn't US-based Quote:
Originally Posted by m3thods ^When you say you have the Amazon Visa:
Do you have the .ca Chase Visa or the .com Chase Visa? Are they the same (as in identical perks)? | we're talking about the .ca...perks cant be applied to .com
an US-issued CC would be a PITA because afaik every american application requires a social security number
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01-28-2014, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Traum | That's the one!
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