Well this is maybe for those 8 of us on vancouver Isl. BC with Vanagons
that order hard to get us sourced parts ...
the rest of you guys can just hit delete since this is just noise for yah
:)...

But the light just went on when ordering  those part you want from the
vendor in us
that wont ship to .ca but will send em ups, fedex & those great us ground
rates < 10 usually

Tell that US vendor to drop ship to
Clipper Cargo C/O Your Name
2701 Alaskan way Pier 69
Seattle, 98121

When they get to Victoria, BC inner harbour they call you to go pick em up &
pay
$21 up to 40lbs then .47/lb excess weight ....
then 13% sls tx done deal, ( no brokerage since you do the paper work)

In my case it was wanting Hankooks RA08  195's (13lbs each) that are us only
from tire-easy.com they are 64/tire then 53/tire to ship (5*53=265) :(
dropped shipped to seattle they are 10/tire
then 21 + (5 * 13) - 40 *..47 =(11)  -> $32 for shipping to van isls + 50
so we land em here for $82 shipping ... 80/tire < 100 cdn