Ordered from Brazil for the first time and the virtual card payment triggered every fraud check the bank has.
The returns address and the contact address are often different and only one of them is a real building.
The reference number on the letter is the only way anyone will find the file again, so it goes in the subject line of everything.
The virtual card route gives you recourse and the transfer route gives you a lower price. Pick which you actually want.
Any experience with the equivalent in another country would help.
The cheapest option costs more once you price in the failure rate.
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it? How long have you been on Canada Post?
Split the order.
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.