This break from the WoW beta is a good thing. Even in the beta I wasted way too much time playing it. Now I've lost my character, I really have no incentive to play again. It really didn't offer anything big over DAOC.
As far as shipping to Canada, I've had worse experiences with fedex myself, but they're a little more sneaky about it. You don't hear anything about brokerage fees until a few weeks after when they mail you a bill. At my current address I got 2 items shipped simultaneously (different shipments though). I never paid them the $50, next fedex item I try shipping is going to be cheap
I think if items are marked as repaired then they don't incur brokerage fees (or taxes)?
I don't mind Canada Post "Express post", I've shipped many computer products with it, and it's 1/4 the price of ups/fedex, and gets there just as fast in many cases. Plus it's still tracked, so the dodgy companies can't say they didn't get it.