shipping to Canada?

[inski]

Has anyone here ever shipped an item to Canada?

Do I have to pay for duty or anything? Or does the receiver in Canada have to pay all the extra crap?

 

[IBratmanI]

I've never done it, but I think the buyer covers everything, you just do what you normally would

 

[Ty Ty]

I tried to mail a DVD of TargaNF 05 to a rally dude up in Canada once...it never made it, and it never came back. It simply vanished.

 

[Kristof]

I tried to mail a DVD of TargaNF 05 to a rally dude up in Canada once...it never made it, and it never came back. It simply vanished.

it was taken byt he goverment and sold on ebay to pay for the national healthcare

 

[Impreza05]

 

[Trevor723]

Shipping to Canada is a pain. I exclude them on anything I sell. If you declare value then they have to pay duty when it arrives. To get around this they usually will ask you to declare it as $1 or as a gift, which makes properly insuring the item(s) impossible.

 

[HR radness]

The last time I did the buyer said it arrived broken, refunded half of his money just so I didn't have to deal with the hassle of getting it back.

If it's small and simple and cheap, then do it. Otherwise, wave off!!

 

[TheNailman]

on the customs form, tell them its a gift, that wil cut down on a lot of the charges.

 

[inski]

I waved off. The kid didn't even mention CN until way late in the negociating. The cost of shipping is over half the value of the item.

 

[Chris]

I have lived overseas most of my life. So have done a lot of shipping. And usually when you are mailing overseas it will ask the value of the item, and what it is. If you label it as a gift the receiver will get away without having to pay duty on it. And it usually won't get held up in customs.

Although just going to Canada you won't have the same problems than if you are shipping to, say, Indonesia...