dangertree
Business Rep
- Location
- NL/ON/FL/PL
Hi All,
We have made significant changes and updates to our new website www.armseast.com . This includes significant changes made to procedure for shipping to Canada.
Some explanation, for the past several months we had initiated a policy of applying for import and export licenses on behalf of our customers to allow direct shipping to your Canadian address, regardless of items. Unfortunately, during this time both govts, Canada and USA have significantly slowed license approval times. No bueno. The road to hell is paved in good intentions as they say.
So, we have instituted a new work flow for Canadian shipments. There is a much larger document now at www.armseast.com under the header "Canadian Exports". We encourage you to read this and ask questions through the contact link at the bottom of the page.
You now have two choices for shipping at checkout.
A: Direct shipping via USPS to you. This can be used for non-export controlled items such as tools, reloading presses, dies, shooting rests and so forth, as well as many export controlled items subject to Low Value Shipment (under $500USD) including most firearm parts, ammunition components (brass and reloading bullets) and most items that are not -a firearm, -a red dot or magnified scope, -ammunition. You purchase these, choose shipping option A, and the items are shipped directly to you, generally within a few days of your purchase.
B: Routed through Arms East Canada. This option is required for shipments containing firearms, scopes, red-dots and firearm parts over $500 or otherwise not accessible under LVS exemption. As well, you may choose this option for any order that can also be shipped under A, should you wish us to handle customs on your behalf. In this case, your order goes in to our bi-weekly shipment to the Canadian office, who will clear the goods through customs, and continue the shipment to you by Canada Post Expedited mail from Ottawa.
We think these options will provide a better customer experience than waiting for licenses to be issued at the whim of Govts. We are well able to ship everything legal for Canada under our existing licenses should you choose that route, and items that can be shipped directly can be, should you choose that method.
Another update to our website is a live "Shop By Manufacturer" page. This page represents a live update of everything we stock by each manufacturer we deal with. Should you want to browse by your favorite brand, here is your option. This represented a whole load of programming, and we hope you enjoy it and find it useful! Be sure to note the search box where you can type the name of the manufacturer you are looking for.
Some other things. We have tried to make a tag visible for Canadian customers showing which items are currently subject to Canadian retaliatory tariffs. This is mostly working. It should be accurate for the items it is visible on, but there may be some products in the actual category that it hasn't quite managed to stick to, we are still at it, but... if you see a page of rifles showing "25% tariff" and one without, please know that ALL firearms are subject to the tariff presently. Do not take this badge as bond, it is just a visual aid. All firearms and ammunition components are subject to the tariff presently. Most everything else, including optics, firearm parts, tools, range gear, reloading presses and dies and so forth are NOT subject to the 25% tariff. If you see the tag on an item that isn't subject to the tariff, please do shoot us a message through the chat function on the site.
Another thing to be aware of, while we have made serious gains on the overall speed of the site, when in the actual shopping cart and adding or subtracting quantities, we know it is slow. We continue to work on it, but the process of calculating the rates through the shipping calculators takes some time. Please be patient. When you see the dollar value of the shipment change, this means the process is done.
Big note, we have added significantly more inventory to firearm parts and reloading gear. I encourage you to peruse the site, through the various search options available, including the Shop By Manufacturer page. If it has been more than a week since you looked at our site, I encourage you to visit again! www.armseast.com
Finally, I would like to thank you all for shopping from us during this stupid trade dispute. Arms East USA is a Canadian veteran owned business. Obviously we do not support the attacks on Canada by the current US President. Many of us vote in Canada and look forward to a new government at the end of the month! It is unbelievably frustrating to have the CDN Govt attacking our industry in Canada, and then the US President attacking our homeland and causing trade barriers to be put up against out industry and Canadian shooters as well.
Either way, I hope you enjoy the new website, we hope you see fit to purchase from us, and please know, we value your business. We have a chart up now showing time to order to time to receive. We are doing everything we can do to ensure we represent the absolute choice for anyone seeking our wares in Canada. If you have questions for quick answers, please use the chat on the site, or the inquiry form on the bottom of the main page or in the Canadian Exports page for fastest answer.
Thank you for your attention, hope to interact with you the soonest! Now let's all vote Conservative and make life better for all of us!
Sincerely,
Walter
We have made significant changes and updates to our new website www.armseast.com . This includes significant changes made to procedure for shipping to Canada.
Some explanation, for the past several months we had initiated a policy of applying for import and export licenses on behalf of our customers to allow direct shipping to your Canadian address, regardless of items. Unfortunately, during this time both govts, Canada and USA have significantly slowed license approval times. No bueno. The road to hell is paved in good intentions as they say.
So, we have instituted a new work flow for Canadian shipments. There is a much larger document now at www.armseast.com under the header "Canadian Exports". We encourage you to read this and ask questions through the contact link at the bottom of the page.
You now have two choices for shipping at checkout.
A: Direct shipping via USPS to you. This can be used for non-export controlled items such as tools, reloading presses, dies, shooting rests and so forth, as well as many export controlled items subject to Low Value Shipment (under $500USD) including most firearm parts, ammunition components (brass and reloading bullets) and most items that are not -a firearm, -a red dot or magnified scope, -ammunition. You purchase these, choose shipping option A, and the items are shipped directly to you, generally within a few days of your purchase.
B: Routed through Arms East Canada. This option is required for shipments containing firearms, scopes, red-dots and firearm parts over $500 or otherwise not accessible under LVS exemption. As well, you may choose this option for any order that can also be shipped under A, should you wish us to handle customs on your behalf. In this case, your order goes in to our bi-weekly shipment to the Canadian office, who will clear the goods through customs, and continue the shipment to you by Canada Post Expedited mail from Ottawa.
We think these options will provide a better customer experience than waiting for licenses to be issued at the whim of Govts. We are well able to ship everything legal for Canada under our existing licenses should you choose that route, and items that can be shipped directly can be, should you choose that method.
Another update to our website is a live "Shop By Manufacturer" page. This page represents a live update of everything we stock by each manufacturer we deal with. Should you want to browse by your favorite brand, here is your option. This represented a whole load of programming, and we hope you enjoy it and find it useful! Be sure to note the search box where you can type the name of the manufacturer you are looking for.
Some other things. We have tried to make a tag visible for Canadian customers showing which items are currently subject to Canadian retaliatory tariffs. This is mostly working. It should be accurate for the items it is visible on, but there may be some products in the actual category that it hasn't quite managed to stick to, we are still at it, but... if you see a page of rifles showing "25% tariff" and one without, please know that ALL firearms are subject to the tariff presently. Do not take this badge as bond, it is just a visual aid. All firearms and ammunition components are subject to the tariff presently. Most everything else, including optics, firearm parts, tools, range gear, reloading presses and dies and so forth are NOT subject to the 25% tariff. If you see the tag on an item that isn't subject to the tariff, please do shoot us a message through the chat function on the site.
Another thing to be aware of, while we have made serious gains on the overall speed of the site, when in the actual shopping cart and adding or subtracting quantities, we know it is slow. We continue to work on it, but the process of calculating the rates through the shipping calculators takes some time. Please be patient. When you see the dollar value of the shipment change, this means the process is done.
Big note, we have added significantly more inventory to firearm parts and reloading gear. I encourage you to peruse the site, through the various search options available, including the Shop By Manufacturer page. If it has been more than a week since you looked at our site, I encourage you to visit again! www.armseast.com
Finally, I would like to thank you all for shopping from us during this stupid trade dispute. Arms East USA is a Canadian veteran owned business. Obviously we do not support the attacks on Canada by the current US President. Many of us vote in Canada and look forward to a new government at the end of the month! It is unbelievably frustrating to have the CDN Govt attacking our industry in Canada, and then the US President attacking our homeland and causing trade barriers to be put up against out industry and Canadian shooters as well.
Either way, I hope you enjoy the new website, we hope you see fit to purchase from us, and please know, we value your business. We have a chart up now showing time to order to time to receive. We are doing everything we can do to ensure we represent the absolute choice for anyone seeking our wares in Canada. If you have questions for quick answers, please use the chat on the site, or the inquiry form on the bottom of the main page or in the Canadian Exports page for fastest answer.
Thank you for your attention, hope to interact with you the soonest! Now let's all vote Conservative and make life better for all of us!
Sincerely,
Walter
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