ben says:
> Things have not improved for shipping to CANADA from the USA.  Now
> it is $80 for $2.0 chip from the USA.

Several points for you and others who buy or sell from the US:

* Tell your sellers about Pirate Ship, and tell them to enable Simple Export 
rate <https://www.pirateship.com/simple-export-rate>. This is by far the 
cheapest method I know of other than eIS (below) to export from the US to most 
countries, although I do recommend insurance for more valuable shipments or 
less-advanced destinations.

* If using UPS, Standard is not actually cheaper than other methods because of 
the brokerage fee. The air shipment methods, Worldwide Expedited/Saver/etc., 
include the brokerage fee.

* The best tool I've seen for searching for HS codes is 
<https://www.goglobalpost.com/hs-code-lookup-tool/>.

* By default, eBay US listings since last year have eBay International Shipping 
(eIS) enabled. Any international sale goes to a US eBay depot, which forwards 
the item to the customer, and handles customs documentation. *All returns are 
handled by eBay and not paid by the seller.* While some categories are excluded 
from eIS, there is absolutely positively no reason for US sellers to not sell 
abroad the majority of categories with it.

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