I wish I knew that, now I'm scared to see what the duty will be for my carbs coming from Italy.

Kurt

By Keil Shepherd (Medicineman) (81.131.115.31) on Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:09 am:

In the past when I've had things shipped over from the US is to have it shipped by airmail, and marked up as a 'gift'. That way the customs man over here doesn't get his hands on it! Another thing was to mark up the cost as $10 or less. The 'gift' one's my favourite. My alloy wheels turned up that way, over $200 declared as value but no VAT/ customs charges added! (Mind, he had described them as antique too)

By shreck (199.243.98.218) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:32 am:

Yes it is free trade, But you do not have an account with UPS. Before I used to pay another broker $30.00 for each shipment. When I switched to UPS as a broker & carrier my cost is now $15.00 per transaction up to $5000.00. Check your documents, is there a duty charge included? If so in the future you should ask the seller to mark the parts as "vintage". Vintage come across duty free. I got my shocks sent by US Postal Service.

By chris ingham (Cingham) (207.69.139.135) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:10 am:

note to people that ship to the north. In the packing slip they give you, say its a replacement item and you won't get charged the duties...other wise be like me and don't ship to canada

By Zippy (Zippy) (12.106.14.100) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:33 am:

Yeah, I mean Canada is like the USA's 51st state, eh... The nerve of UPS to charge you for what ammounts to interstate shipping. I bet the are part of the secret council that keeps the USA from absorbing your guys. It's all a big Conspiracy. :-)

By brad (64.114.26.29) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 09:46 am:

I'm sure a lot of you Canadians have gone through this before, but I gotta vent: I had some '78 parts (shock absorbers) shipped up from LA to Vancouver this week by UPS. The price was $80 US. When it came across the border I had to pay $12 in GST (fine with me) but I couldn't believe the UPS brokerage fees of $40. They're adding 50% for what?? It's always a pain to ship across the border but this is crazy.