>In case anyone was wondering Canada is not two Continents away. We
>border the USA to the North, actually there are parts of the
>continental USA that are north of Canada but I digress. Indeed for
>someone in the northern part of the USA someone "two states away"
>uld be geographically further away than their Canadian neighbours,
>not to mention Alaska or Hawaii. We are the USA's largest trading
>partner hands down, we always have been, and likely always will be.

>While I'm sorry Tom has had bad experiences with eBay sellers I can
>assure all of you that there is no difference in email communication
>between the USA and Canada.

I live in Canada.
I ship from Canada to the United states almost daily.  It's not any
different than shipping from the United States to Canada.
And it's not much different than shipping internally within the United
States.
People should not worry about it.  Shipping to Canada (or shipping from
Canada to the United States) is not a big deal.
Paypal, money orders or even personal checks are not a problem for me.

I have bought some large pieces of welding and fabrication equipment off
eBay from americans, no problems at all.

Shipping from Canada to Europe, south africa or australia  is not a problem
either, except for the cost.
If anybody has any suggestions for how I can economically ship my vanagon
racks (individually) to europe and SA, let me know.

Gary Lee
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/vw.htm