Shipping Fees from U.S. to Canada (tax and duty)?

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NolDog1123

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I've searched through some past threads - but there seems to be some mixed opinions, so I thought maybe someone may have cleared this up.

I'm shipping skis to Canada and want to make sure the buyer doesn't have any extra tax or duty fees. I read some guys who received skis without a problem - but I haven't seen one yet that had to pay taxes/duty fees when they picked them up.

It seems that if an item is being shipped that was made in the US, then there are no duty fees in Canada (only if that item was made in Canada in the first place).

The other strategy I read, which is more widely known, is to claim it as a gift and value it under $60 CAN to avoid having the receiver pay anything extra.

So can anyone clear this up for me, I'm shipping in the morning and want to do it the best/cheapest way possible. Out of the major companies, UPS had the lowest rate, so that's where I'm going - if that means anything as far as taking car of Canadian fees.

Thanks for the help
 
if you mark gift i dont think theyre insured at all. so thats a risk. but the guy wont have to pay anything.
 
i had my skis shipped from maine with usps or canada post and i didnt get any duty. i think they marked it as a gift but i cant quite remember
 
i got skis and bindings off ebay and the guy sent ups from us to canada and i was charged 130 bucks. it was fucking bullshit. and for that reason im never shipping ups again or having someone else us it to ship to me.
 
can you just deny a package? cause if that happened to me (depending on what i ordered) id send that shit back.
 
Is there a better company to ship through than UPS? I don't see why it would matter who was sending it when it comes to duty/taxes?
 
I just read somewhere that shipping through USPS - although more expensive than UPS upfront - is much cheaper when it comes to duty/taxes/brokerage...any truth?

I found a link to this site...those from Canada, any validity to this?

http://www.thefinalcost.com/
 
I have yet to be charged a boarder fee or anything of the sort. I bought a legbag from Oregon for 50$, and it was marked as a gift-no fees. I ordered some pants from Maine for 170$, marked as a gift-no fees.

It might go by weight. Skis are alot bigger and heavier to transport than a pair of pants or an Airblaster Leg bag.
 
does any one know how usps actually delivers in canda do they have there own trucks or do they hand it off to canada post at the border
 
Looks like CanadaPost takes over...

FAQ from ebaywiki.com,

TIP: Do your buyers a favor. Always, always, always ship to Canada via USPS. Any package with a declared value of greater than $20 Canadian are assessed taxes. In many cases there is also a brokerage fee. If the item is sent by USPS the charge is $5. UPS Ground charges on a sliding scale from $7 up to $66.70 depending on the value of the item. Fedex Ground also has high brokerage fees but less than UPS ground. Fedex Air and UPS Air services have do not collect brokerage fees. Canada Post, which delivers the USPS mail, collects the $5 brokerage fee from your Canadian buyer. UPS and Fedex have been known to sometimes bill the seller -- weeks after the fact.

A word about "tracking." There is no Delivery Confirmation service from the USA to Canada. You may want to opt for the return receipt service. And it is my understanding that all packages are "logged" at the delivery post office in Canada and the addressee must sign for any package insured for over $50, just as in the USA.

There is a tracking function, however. Your customs declaration receipt number may be used to follow package initially from USPS, then through Canadapost. It will tell you exactly where the package is at any given time. Also works for other international destinations but you may have to go to the country's postal service web site to find it. Note: International labels printed through PayPal may never get scanned at point of departure, which makes this moot.

Lastly, do not inflate the value of the item on the Customs Declaration as the buyer has to pay taxes based on the declared value. The amount on the customs declaration should be the ending auction price. Do not include the shipping charge.
 
fucking shit happened when i ordered seth pistols... charged an extra $60 in duties when the shop said all taxes and shipping was included. screw buying from canada.
 
ups fucked me over too

i was doing a trade and ended up having to pay 50bucks ontop of the trade

ups to canada is fucking bullshit
 
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