Dear Glassline / The Flow

[Bo Diddles]

I'm hoping someone can shed some light as to the pricing for subscriptions for Glassline and The Flow for Canadians.
The prices are as follows:

The Flow: U.S. Subscription - $28
Canada Subscription - $48

Glassline: U.S. Subscription - $28
Canada Subscription - $46

Basically I'm wondering how it can possibly cost five dollars more per issue to mail a magazine to Canada than it does to mail it domestically. The U.S.P.S. website is pretty confusing but as far as I can tell, it costs $1.30 to mail a magazine to a location in the U.S. (according to this chart (http://postcalc.usps.com/MailServices.aspx?m=2&p=0&o=3&dz=90210&oz=40077&pob=0&MailingDate=6/4/2012&MailingTime=8:00%20AM#)) and the same envelope costs $1.80 to mail to Canada (according to this chart (http://ircalc.usps.com/MailServices.aspx?country=10054&m=2&p=0&o=3)). 50 cents extra would mean my subscription would cost $30.
Now it's very possible I'm missing something here seeing as I don't know much about mailing magazines from the U.S. to Canada, but I just can't figure out how it would cost five dollars per issue more. I'm assuming there is a perfectly logical explanation for this and I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt that there's some factor I haven't taken into account... I hope my conveyed tone is more curious than confrontational.

[Forche]

I don't know bout magazines, but it costs me $12 instead of $6 to ship a jig in a small flat rate box to Canada.

[Bo Diddles]

^ that I can understand. I'm just going by the USPS website rates and the fact that I received a catalog on Friday with a postage of $1.95. Maybe it's lighter than the magazines though, if that matters at all.

[Slow]

There may be other fees/licenses involved in selling subscriptions abroad other than postage. I have no idea; just a guess.

[Bo Diddles]

^ yeah that's the kind of thing I'm thinking.... I'm not saying they're screwing Canadians, just wondering what I'm missing here.

[Greymatter Glass]

maybe the Canadian price is quoted in Canadian dollars? In that case you should be paying like $700 an issue, also, cheese and cigarettes.

[Bo Diddles]

Our dollar is pretty much par ever since yours tanked. Either way the price is in USD.

[boxfan willy]

Bo,

It is def the shipping. I want to remember that it is almost $5 per issue, unless we lied and said they were all gifts...
I will find out the exact cost tomorrow. If it is not inconvenient, you could save money by having a dist. send you and issue with supply order or your next stop by.

just a cheaper option...