holeshotkid Posted February 19, 2006 Report Posted February 19, 2006 I'm looking into shipping some parts from Kansas to Canada. What do those of you who ship internationally use? Any comments on this matter will be appreciated. Thanks Quote
j28d Posted February 19, 2006 Report Posted February 19, 2006 (edited) USPS is the easiest and usually the cheapest, depending on how big of package you're shipping. I've used fedex once to ship to canada, never again. The paperwork was a pain in the butt and I was getting bills a month later for the import taxes since the guy I shipped to deferred them back to me. On the other hand, I shipped some v-force reeds to portugal today and it was only $7, took 5 min., and they'll be there in 4-6 days. Check out the usps.com site and look under global shipping to get a price estimate. Edited February 19, 2006 by j28d Quote
Shee-Male Posted February 19, 2006 Report Posted February 19, 2006 Living in Canada, I've come accross this all the time. The cheapest is USPS but if its something of value I never trust them they lose & damage stuff all the time and depending on what it is it sometimes get hung up at the border. If you do ship it USPS ship it as a gift that way the reciver woun't have to pay tax or duty on it. But do insure it or send it express post so you can track it and make sure it arrives, good for both parties. I personally use UPS for all my ebay stuff and have had great success, especsialy with there tracing system that you can track daily on the web.Aanything under 20.00 declared value is tax/duty free and dose not require a broker, if you take it to the UPS store all you have to do is fill out your address and the recivers adress and they do the rest for you, remember the package is only insured for the declared value and only for loss, they will only insure it for damage if they package it, but if the package has a high declared value it will cost alot in brokerage and taxes. I bought a set of a arms and shocks from MIAMIRIDER and asked himm to make the value under 100.00 and instead he made it 500.00 and it cost me another 102.00 when they got here....dumbass!.... Quote
holeshotkid Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Posted February 19, 2006 Thanks for the input guys. Appreciated. Quote
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