Brood_Star
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First headphone order. Having trouble figuring out shipping costs. Never ordered online before.
From what I gather, USPS has a brokerage fee of $5 and FedEx express has a brokerage fee of $7 according to "warpdriver" from some thread in 2005. After that you have to pay all applicable taxes (GST/PST in my case). When I pop an item into any site that uses FedEx Express (for example Headroom) shipping prices come out a lot higher than just $2. Is there really any point to using FedEx Express over USPS except for tracking and speed of delivery? Is it worth the extra ~$25?
Also any suggestions pertaining to the topic title? The Alessandro MS-1's look like a good deal even if it may go over the budget a little bit (maybe? shipping is free from the Alessandro site... still gotta convert to Canadian currency and pay taxes no?)
Was eyeing a lot of stuff on B&H like the HD555, SR80s and a bunch of stuff on headroom as well (D1001) before I found out about the huge shipping charges.
Also looking to buy a pair of earbuds/iems, but that looks less complicated since a lot of stuff uses USPS or offers free international shipping. I'm willing to spend about half of that so ~$50. My current list looks like
jvc marshmallow $22. Don't know if I can kramer mod seeing as I'll have no foam
soundmagic pl30 $26
yuin pk3 $40
bijou 2 $60
j-jays $70 total including shipping and taxes
nuforce ne-8 $60 + $10-12 according to amazon
klipsch custom 1 iem $80 "free shipping"
ue super.fi 3 $78 + $7 shipping
er6i $90 + $7 shipping
westone um1 $110 free shipping
Leaning towards the pk3 or pl30 unless there's a huge difference in paying $20-$30 more since I know the ne-8 is receiving a lot of hype
As for my musical taste, I listen to a variety of stuff. Rap, different electronic genres, rock, pop, classical/jazz... probably looking for an "all-rounder" since I game as well but anything's fine as long as it sounds good. I'd rather something more than just a one-trick-bass-pony though
sorry for the tldr. thanks to anyone who replies
From what I gather, USPS has a brokerage fee of $5 and FedEx express has a brokerage fee of $7 according to "warpdriver" from some thread in 2005. After that you have to pay all applicable taxes (GST/PST in my case). When I pop an item into any site that uses FedEx Express (for example Headroom) shipping prices come out a lot higher than just $2. Is there really any point to using FedEx Express over USPS except for tracking and speed of delivery? Is it worth the extra ~$25?
Also any suggestions pertaining to the topic title? The Alessandro MS-1's look like a good deal even if it may go over the budget a little bit (maybe? shipping is free from the Alessandro site... still gotta convert to Canadian currency and pay taxes no?)
Was eyeing a lot of stuff on B&H like the HD555, SR80s and a bunch of stuff on headroom as well (D1001) before I found out about the huge shipping charges.
Also looking to buy a pair of earbuds/iems, but that looks less complicated since a lot of stuff uses USPS or offers free international shipping. I'm willing to spend about half of that so ~$50. My current list looks like
jvc marshmallow $22. Don't know if I can kramer mod seeing as I'll have no foam
soundmagic pl30 $26
yuin pk3 $40
bijou 2 $60
j-jays $70 total including shipping and taxes
nuforce ne-8 $60 + $10-12 according to amazon
klipsch custom 1 iem $80 "free shipping"
ue super.fi 3 $78 + $7 shipping
er6i $90 + $7 shipping
westone um1 $110 free shipping
Leaning towards the pk3 or pl30 unless there's a huge difference in paying $20-$30 more since I know the ne-8 is receiving a lot of hype
As for my musical taste, I listen to a variety of stuff. Rap, different electronic genres, rock, pop, classical/jazz... probably looking for an "all-rounder" since I game as well but anything's fine as long as it sounds good. I'd rather something more than just a one-trick-bass-pony though
sorry for the tldr. thanks to anyone who replies