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Shipping question: US to Canada
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Anybody know if you can ship 180cm skis with binders to Canada using USPS?
I'm thinking that the overall dimensions might be too big.
I just don't feel like bending over for the courier companies (UPS, Fedex, etc.)
Now a days, when shipping to Canada from the US you gotta bend over for either USPS or courier companies, but the couriers don't use soap!
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Yes, but USPS will get with a balloon charge, for it being so long.
Also, refer to the sticky directly about this one called the Buy/Sell/Trade Sticky Thread. It has plenty of useful information
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Realistically, I'd just go down to USPS and see what they do. If you're nice about it and say you didn't know but "can't afford" the extra cost they might tag on, then don't pay and go to another shop lol.
I'd say for ski's no bindings, $30-$45 would be the cost.
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Customs is a bitch, When ever I buy something from the states It costs me 40 dollars in fees. I think the only way to lower the chrages is to say its a gift and they will let it through easyer!!
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thats weird... the most ive ever had to pay was $4 for bindings. ive ordered skis and didnt pay anything for customs
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I paid 50$ in duties on a pair of $300 skis. It's soo gay.
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to void all duty fees write gift on the customs form, i've done a lot of transactions between us and canada and never had duty fees because either me or the seller writes gift. i shipped some unmounted 186s within the states for 15 bucks and some skis, bindings, and skins to canada for 40 bucks, not sure about long skis going to canada though
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The issue is that you need to have it sent USPS and the marked value needs to be low. If the marked value is less than $20 bucks, 99% of the time there will be no duties. At $20 to $100 value I'd say on about 20 shipments I've received it's been 50/50 with the duties. Marking Gift doesn't seem to matter as by law even Gifts need to be taxed.
With USPS if there is a duty charge you get hit with a $5 broker fee and then the value is converted to CAD and you are then charged PST and GST (~13%) and sometimes a duty tax depending on the item and country of origin.
With couriers they charge you $25 - $35 brokerage fee 100% of the time plus the taxes regardless of the value. So what is gay is that on the $10 bindings you will get hit with $25 plus taxes if it crosses teh border UPS.
My concern was that USPS had a maximum dimention constraint forcing the use the fucking couriers. It apppears that that is not the case. I've never had adult skis shipped to me.
FYI; The only way not to get taxed regardless of shipper (couriers inclusive) is to have it shipped by a retailer and have them mark the item warrantee return.
PS: This info might be good to add to the shipping section of the sticky thread, can a mod do it?
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dude your lucky i just payed 80, custums SUCKS, the higher the price you put for the item the more it is for customs fees, i dunno if there is a way to get around this maybe by gifting it instead of specifying it was something bought and giving a value.
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Read my reply up top, customs fees explained
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i win. i had to pay the reasonable amount of 100 bucks for my lethal descent suit.
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in contrast i only paid 40 for my 189 hellbents with dhl. bottom line is, ups and fedex SUCK, dhl is a little better, and usps it the best.
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