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MadHacker · 04-30-2004, 11:27 AM

I just bought a Polarflow video block.
I didn't plan to buy one originally but after my fan died on my video card I needed a block.
So after looking around there was only one block I could find that would mount on the card at a 3oclock position because I have BIXmicro2 resting right against the top of my video card. Polorflow was the solution.
I went to their site. Ordered the block. aprox $45 for the block... not to pricy...
Then check into shipping... $30 flat rate ... for the little box that I got I paid $30US.
I have received boxes 4 times larger from other US based websites and have paid less in shipping. Ok now up to $75 US. Then when the block arrived I had to pay an added $40 CDN for customs (brokerage fees and stuff) so the block cost me aprox $143CDN for a video block.
Well I paid more for the block then I did for the video card.
Polorflow has no control with what customs charges. However, their flat rate international shipping for $30 is terrible. I will not buy from Polarflow again. Not until something is done about shipping methods.

04-30-2004, 11:27 AM	#33
MadHacker Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: Okotoks, A.B. Canada Posts: 726	I just bought a Polarflow video block. I didn't plan to buy one originally but after my fan died on my video card I needed a block. So after looking around there was only one block I could find that would mount on the card at a 3oclock position because I have BIXmicro2 resting right against the top of my video card. Polorflow was the solution. I went to their site. Ordered the block. aprox $45 for the block... not to pricy... Then check into shipping... $30 flat rate ... for the little box that I got I paid $30US. I have received boxes 4 times larger from other US based websites and have paid less in shipping. Ok now up to $75 US. Then when the block arrived I had to pay an added $40 CDN for customs (brokerage fees and stuff) so the block cost me aprox $143CDN for a video block. Well I paid more for the block then I did for the video card. Polorflow has no control with what customs charges. However, their flat rate international shipping for $30 is terrible. I will not buy from Polarflow again. Not until something is done about shipping methods. __________________ "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - (Einstein)