I'm finding that it's increasingly rare for a US company to accept an order from Canada. It's understandable if the company doesn't want to get involved with export to here (which costs extra for shipping and which some clearly believe is illegal on the face of it), but the problem is just as bad even when the shipping destination is within the USA. This makes it really hard to send gifts to US friends and relatives, or to buy things for myself that aren't available in Canada. No one has told me that they suspect fraud but that of course has to be in play even though there are of course safety mechanisms for such things. It's ironic for us Canucks that now that the Canadian dollar is nearly at par with the US one and so many US companies are in reach (thanks to the internet) that US companies are suddenly declining our orders. I've been thinking this was some sort of legacy of 9-11 but whatever the cause, it would be great if things went back to what we thought was 'normal'. And meantime for gifts there's always LL Bean and Amazon and FTD and the other mega-humoungous companies that know and love me and money.