Bungie is charging $284 just to ship your $185 Nerf Gjallarhorn to Canada

theverge.com:

Did you save up a couple hundred bucks for the foam-firing Nerf version of Destiny’s legendary Gjallarhorn rocket launcher that went on preorder today? Hope you don’t live in Canada — because buyers are reporting they’re being asked for more than twice the price just to get it shipped to their door. The company says it’s working on a solution.

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— How does shipping the Nerf Gjallarhorn to Canada cost $100 more than the gun itself? pic.twitter.com/KJkIEcdvcu

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<a href=«https://twitter.com/A_dmg04?ref_src=» https: www.theverge.com>@A_dmg04 so as a canadian this costs me $600. seems a little extreme pic.twitter.com/TpjbyDIOaw

When Destiny’s Canadian fans lined up for the $185 USD Nerf Gjallarhorn today, they were told it’d cost another $283.62 USD for shipping — add those together and convert, and you’re looking at a total of $608.29 in Canadian money.

Meanwhile, we’re seeing it cost more like $33 to ship to California. And in the UK, our own Tom Warren saw a quoted price of just €14.95 ($15 USD) to ship from Europe’s Bungie Store (which is located in the Netherlands, so not quite next door).

And no, Bungie doesn’t seem to be offering a discount on shipping if you buy two: you’ll pay $567.24 USD. Again, that’s just how much the shipping part costs.

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<a href=«https://twitter.com/BungieStore?ref_src=» https: www.theverge.com>@BungieStore <a href=«https://twitter.com/Bungie?ref_src=» https: www.theverge.com>@Bungie How is this a remotely acceptable shipping cost for 2 Nerf