I don't know but it totally blows. Thankfully there's plenty of other, better vendors left, for now.WTF is up with that?
I think it's because shipping is unreliable. One guy gets the parcel in a week while the next guy waits two months. They're plagued by complaints from people who have picked the free shipping. I always pay the little extra for the upgraded shipping and find I get the items in a reasonable amount of time usually Then again it might have something to do with our postal strikes and that they don't want to deal with our problems. We'll see.
It appears that, for reasons which remain unexplained after contacting support, Gearbest no longer ships mods or tanks to Canada.
Vaporl will ship to Canada but only by courier at $20 a pop.