I hear you, Mike. Seems that there is a real discrepancy with shipping to us Northerners. Costs me $12.41 to ship a kit to the US (cheapest from the post office). Same kit shipping here from the US...just under $6...
Check a few sites online, and see the shipping within the US (FREE) and to Canada ($25) on a $3 item...Trouble is, buying within Canada isn't much better. We can be gouged within our own borders sometimes! My wife was trying to find something online, and she wanted to try to buy from a Canadian supplier. A supplier she found was shipping from Canada to the US cheaper than within Canada! Made no sense! It ended up being significantly less to buy from a US supplier, as the item, and the shipping were less, and the exchange was in our favour for a change!! Boggles the mind, don't it?!?!?