WTH, $54.38 for shipping a $6.50 authenticator to Canada?

[mmcookies]

o_o I was hoping to get one but... this is ridiculous!

[mmcookies]

just read it's $77.81 to Australia
and ~$100 to Brazil

if i'm going to pay that much these things better be door delivered to me by dragons

[Stabface]

Err... I thought they were only sold to US addresses, due to export restrictions on encryption ?

[mmcookies]

on the phone with support atm
trying to figure out if this is an error or intended to rip us a new one

[mmcookies]

Err... I thought they were only sold to US addresses, due to export restrictions on encryption ?Blizzard Authenticator (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America)

http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000222

[Stabface]

Neat :)

[mmcookies]

Neat :)not with this crazy shipping charge it isn't

[mmcookies]

Got off the phone, the rep was nice enough to go away to check it for me.

It's how much UPS charges :/

Guess I won't be getting one afterall...

[sicsid]

Could you just not ship it to an addy in the states and have the reg mail it to Canada? I was interested in doing this but I am not paying 50+ dollars for it.

[mmcookies]

Yah, home now, about to post some complaints.

[Zub]

$79 just for shipping to Australia. No wonder they are not out of stock yet.

[Zub]

To whom it may concern, i've posted this on the suggestion forums:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043214956&postId=100421713513&sid=1#0

hope some blue reads it.

[mmcookies]

i sent them e-mails, posted on the thread in general discussion, posted in another thread in support, posted in that thread above

i want that keyfob goddammit!

[Vyndree]

I posted an offer to re-ship authenticators to out-of-country folks... [WoW] Blizzard Authenticator (hardware device) (Updated 9/16/08 - Back in stock!) ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=122629#post122629')

In case anyone is interested.


That is... once they get back in stock. ;)

[Zub]

I posted an offer to re-ship authenticators to out-of-country folks... [WoW] Blizzard Authenticator (hardware device) (Updated 9/16/08 - Back in stock!) ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=122629#post122629')

In case anyone is interested.


That is... once they get back in stock. ;)
Thanks for the offer Vyndree, it seems it won't be necessary in the end. As was stated in another thread, Blizz has changed mail companies.
This is what i see from Australia:

ShippingMethod: UPS WORLDWIDE EXPEDITED
Item Subtotal: $6.50
Tax: $0.00
Shipping & Handling: $20.68
Grand Total: $27.18

Still a bit steep ($27) but much better than it was ($84)
Ordered mine today. will probably receive it around June 2009 >.<

[voodoogriff]

From all the Big Brown, thanks for keeping us paid =D

Yes, it's a bit expensive, but it's not cheap to get it there :P Gotta consider the fuel costs from So Cal to wherever it's going, paying for everyone that handles it, the pilots, exports etc.

*shrug*

[Zub]

From all the Big Brown, thanks for keeping us paid =D

Yes, it's a bit expensive, but it's not cheap to get it there :P Gotta consider the fuel costs from So Cal to wherever it's going, paying for everyone that handles it, the pilots, exports etc.

*shrug*
i hope the plane will have more cargo than only my authenticator ;)

[voodoogriff]

From all the Big Brown, thanks for keeping us paid =D

Yes, it's a bit expensive, but it's not cheap to get it there :P Gotta consider the fuel costs from So Cal to wherever it's going, paying for everyone that handles it, the pilots, exports etc.

*shrug*
i hope the plane will have more cargo than only my authenticator ;)



lol i'm sure it will :P But when you consider that just my building (granted the 2nd largest Air hub in the UPS United States system) spends over 56k a month, just to keep the lights on, in addition to paying over 1500 people, their insurance, tuition reimbursement etc, you get a feel for the expense that is incurred.

Also, the fact that they changed it to "International Expedited" makes me think they were running 1 or 2 day air originally. And that will get you hardcore. Its $15 to send a letter like 65 miles overnight, so international you can see how that's going to go up.