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Posted by hradec 
were to buy filament?
January 01, 2011 06:20AM
Hi there...

I just bought a huxley kit (and I'm anxiously waiting for it to arrive) and I'm wondering were you guys usually buy filament here in Vancouver! Is there any Canadian supplier?

I'm wondering if I buy from the US ( for example, ultimachine or makerbot), do I have to pay custom fees on top of shipping?

any tips on this is much appreciated!!

thanks a lot in advance!!

-H

PS: is there any UBC meetings schedule to happen in 2011?
Re: were to buy filament?
January 01, 2011 07:16AM
I'm wondering if I buy from the US ( for example, ultimachine or makerbot), do I have to pay custom fees on top of shipping?
I bought from ultimachine. Shipped to Ottawa, I did have to pay GST and PST on it. (e.g. customs.) I avoided UPS ground, which charges a secondary 'processing' fee.

Dunno about the local-vancouver stuff. Try emailing Wade. grinning smiley
Re: were to buy filament?
January 01, 2011 04:12PM
thanks Sebastien... Nice to know about UPS! I'll keep that in mind!

Actually, I just dropped an email to techzone (were I bought my huxley kit) asking if they can switch from UPS to regular US Postal service so I don't have to pay that extra fee on it as well!!

thanks a lot!!

-H
Re: were to buy filament?
January 01, 2011 06:51PM
thanks Sebastien... Nice to know about UPS! I'll keep that in mind!

More info:
http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

Also, you should join reprap-dev, our technical-but-friendly mailing list:
http://lists.reprap.org/mailman/listinfo/reprap-dev
since you're probably a reprap developer. smiling bouncing smiley


-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.

Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything! grinning smiley
Re: were to buy filament?
February 15, 2011 03:38PM
I just sent you a pm hradec.
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