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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This sucks for Canadians as well. I have a feeling 8bit ships all stock to the USA first then ships it by truck North and South from a distribution center. This means import fees are paid at the port of entry.

Not sure if demand is high enough for 8bit to ship directly to Canada or even have a warehouse in Canada TBH.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd think canada is big enough market for that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

There are dozens of us!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just bought one in Canada a week ago, it came in through Vancouver, like pretty much everything else does.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Awesome thanks for the confirmation

[–] any1th3r3 5 points 3 days ago

Nope, 8bitdo (via their eshop) ships directly from China to Canada, alongside a number of other countries.
The change is only wrt shipping to US.