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Shipping

All Canadian orders which are shipped from the United States are sent VIA USPS/Canada Post. Orders under 4 pounds are sent VIA First Class Mail, orders over 4 pounds and/or high value items such as satellite meters are send USPS Priority Mail.

Typical delivery time for Canadian orders is 6 – 14 business days from the shipping day. This does not include time in customs on the chance that Canadian Customs inspects your order. Most items sent VIA USPS clear customs without delay, this is one of the reasons we use them. We have no control over Canadian Customs.

Some items are shipped within Canada to Canadian customers. Shipping method is usually Canada Post, Pururolator or FedEx Canada.

Pricing

All pricing is in US Dollars (USD). Canadian pricing on many items is a bit higher than USA purchases due to increased shipping costs on those items. We do our best to minimize this cost. Most of our pricing is lower than Canadian dealer retail pricing, even before figuring in taxes on local purchases. See the “Taxes” section to see how else you save with FridgeFTA.

Taxes (tax free in Canada)

The point of sale (POS) for all items including those shipped from within Canada to you is St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. This means that you are not charged PST/GST/HST, a savings of around 13% depending where in Canada you are.

Duties

All duties, import taxes, fees, ect are the responsibility of the customer, not FridgeFTA. That said, we do our best to legally minimize both the possibility and severity of these costs on the unlikely chance that your order is held for duties. Here is how:

USPS SHIPPING: Most items sent to Canada VIA USPS are not stopped by Customs or held for duties. On the chance that they are, USPS/Canada Post has a fixed brokerage of $5 we believe. This is much cheaper than UPS, FedEX or other services that charge a fee and percentage for brokerage.

DECLARED VALUE: We cannot mark down items below their US value under Canadian law. However, we can mark their “value” as our best price in the USA, as the Canadian price is higher for shipping only.

How much are duties?

We cannot say for sure, but it appears to be about 6% if you are hit, plus the $5 brokerage. This is still cheaper than 13% taxes you would pay on a local purchase. We believe, but cannot guarantee that items with value under $20 are duty free, and that there is a fixed dollar amount that is exempt on higher purchases.

NAFTA items made in the USA are exempt from duties, however the only USA made items are made in-house at FridgeFTA, such as the Scalar Sidecar Kit.

FridgeFTA does a significant amount of business in Canada, especially with retail of DMS International products. You can be assured that your Canadian order is handled in a professional manner by a company with much experience doing business in Canada. If you have any questions on Canadian orders please contact us.

We completely revamped our Store C-band small dish page. While doing that we lowered pricing, for example you can get the basic scalar kit for $24.95USA/$29.95CA including shipping.

Package options have increased as well. You can now get the kit bundled with the BSC421, the new twin output BSC422 or the C/Ku BSC621-2D for those with 1.2m or bigger dishes.

There is also the option to get a HOTDISH90 (USA) or a Digiwave 1.2m at big discount savings when you order any of the C-band small dish packages on the page.

With FridgeFTA you can get everything you need for the C-band project in one place, and all the support you need to make it work!

http://store.fridgefta.info/?page_id=117

Our best offer ever on the NEW Trimax SM-2200SA!

FridgeFTA has our best price on the SM-2200SA ever, and like the availability of the SM2200SA, it won’t be around long!

The Trimax SM-2200SA is a limited run by Trimax. What you get is an all new meter. The case is a SM-2200. The “guts” are SM-2500, meaning this meter has the spectrum analyzer and uses 2500 software. You are getting a new 2500 for over $100 off the retail price! The SMw-2200SA carries a 1 year manufacturer warranty from Trimax. If you’ve wanted a spectrum analyzer in a quality meter but didn’t want to pay the high price for it now is your opportunity! Available USA/CANADA/PR/MEXICO. More Info.

FridgeFTA is excited to announce the new DMS BSC422….the best duel output C-band LNB in the world….now available in North America!!

With the DMS BSC422 from FridgeFTA you can expect what you don’t get with other duel C-band LNBs…stability, quality and true gain and noise factors.

The specs are about the same as the BSC421 C-band LNB. A TRUE 13k N.F. and 65dB gain. Realistic numbers and high quality assure that this LNB will be stable and receive the weaker feeds that other LNBs fail on.

The BSC422 is available for ordering in the FridgeFTA Satellite Store  at an introductory price below the competing lesser quality LNBs. Click here for ordering/more information. Limited stock will be here at the end of the week or early next week and will begin shipping to customers.

This LNB is available from FridgeFTA in the USA, CANADA, PR, MEXICO and elsewhere!

If you have a BSC421/scalar kit pre-order and would like to upgrade to the BSC422 instead of the 421 use the contact form in the store and we’ll give you special upgrade pricing.

Contact: http://store.fridgefta.info/?page_id=299

FridgeFTA TV: Hi-res, Itunes, archives & more!

New May 2010 FridgeFTA TV Episode

In this episode: Feedback and explanation on why we recommend doing the C-band project according to our video, A special report on FREEDBS.ORG, Echostar/TiVo news, Echostar satellite failures, SES-1, new channels, how to check your motor/dish alignment without getting up off the couch & special “guest” appearance for Stray Signals, Townes & Chico!

A look at some of FridgeFTA’s offerings from a “us vs. them” comical perspective.

We’ve delayed some of the production a bit waiting on news to break and for an investigation, but now have it in full swing.

Some of the topics will include more Echostar news, feedback on the C-band project and a special report on FreeDBS.

Hopefully May FridgeFTA TV will be airing before this weekend. Stay tuned…