Shipping

You know, Canada Post rates are crazy. They don't make sense. I used to sell quite a bit of my hand-knit baby sets on eBay, but I don't bother much any more because (1) eBay's fees had increased and (2) shipping got too expensive. It works out that I pay less to ship a small packet to the US than it does for me to ship it somewhere else within Canada. That Shetland Ragg yarn that I got on eBay cost me $11.40. I got an e-mail from the seller saying that when she went to mail it they charged her an extra 8%, so she spent $11.89 to mail it to me! Because she was sending it from Alberta (7% GST) to Nova Scotia (15% HST), they charged her HST instead of just GST. Poor woman went in the hole on that one! If you list your items too high on Ebay no one bids, and if you charge too much for shipping no one bids. I charge just enough to cover the actual shipping costs. That still works out to be like $4US for a newborn baby sweater, bonnet, and booties. And if I mail that exact same thing to an address in Canada it costs like $1 more than if I send it to the States.

Gonna go work on the felted mittens. They seem to be turning out nicely. I am almost to the top shaping of the first one. Should have the set finished tomorrow. I should have enough yarn left to make one more pair, so I will wait to felt them when they're both done.

Happy knitting!