[Roadsters] question on shipping to Canada

[Gary Callahan]

I thought NAFTA was supposed to resolve all these issues!


 
Gary Callahan
Beaverton, Oregon
 
1968 Datsun 1600 "Fairlady" Roadster
SPL311-18665


--- On Fri, 4/16/10, Garth Cuthbert <gcuthber at telus.net> wrote:


From: Garth Cuthbert <gcuthber at telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] question on shipping to Canada
To: chalsted at comcast.net, datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 4:43 PM


A couple of shipping lessons I have learned.

For Canadians buying in the US. If possible and practicable ship by
Greyhound to the nearest depot across the border and go for a short drive
and visit. 90% of us live within an hours' drive of the border. Way less
expensive and most customs officials will forgive duty on any car parts
under $250.

Second least expensive method is shipping by UPS, business address to
business address using a customs broker to avoid the high UPS customs fees.
The additional UPS customs fees are unavoidable if you don't have an UPS
account.

It is almost the same issues/costs shipping large packages into the US.

There may be some other workarounds but I have not found them.


Regards
Garth


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
chalsted at comcast.net
Sent: April-16-10 12:44 PM
To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Subject: [Roadsters] question on shipping to Canada

wondered if anyone from Canada could answer this one for me- I'm shipping a
set of core seats with runners to Canada...USPS I have to ship in 2 packages
as boxed together they run 69 lbs and I can only get USPS prices up to 66
lbs which I figure must be 30kg...will cost me about $150 just to ship the 2
packages. UPS will ship in one box for about $80 but the customer is adamant
they want shipped USPS, says they will have to pay $60 in customs fees if
sent UPS but evidently no customs fees if sent USPS...how can this be?
doesn't make any sense to me. please enlighten me...
Thanks
Craig
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