Selling to Canadians


I've read about nightmares selling equipment to our neighbors north of the border and would like to have some guidance on how best to handle such a transaction. Is there an exchange rate issue? Also, what's the best way to ship (cables) -- and how are the duties handled? Is it a percentage of the sale price and, if so, do they go by the price new or the resale price? Thanks a lot for your help.
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I am a proud Canadian seller/buyer and nerver had any problem even with customer as fas as Australia and China....
I would say the succes of the transaction depend on the honesty of both parties,
Problematic customer could merge of any countries !!!
You could get a look at some previous tread regarding this subject
If I remember right its over a certain amount in Value..I think its $400 dollars..( though I could be wrong ) ..I have sold tubes and or wires to Canada and never had any issue of extra fees at all...But there values were under $200 each..When I went to the Post Office I had to sign a card and I had to estimate the Value of the item being shipped....
Generally, my strong recommendation is, stay away from deals to and from Canada.

That being said, it's best if you can use the Post Office to ship, as they throw the least amount of BS at you. Of course, it's not so easy (though possible) to ship larger items though the mail. Things likes tubes and cables are easy due to their small size; that is the only way I would do it.

In my experience, never, never, never ship UPS. Their delivery time is pathetic as stuff hangs in that no man's land of "Customs clearance" for a very long time (can be week, and I've seen months in some cases), the people you deal with on the phone are of no help, and their fees and ticky tack stuff you will wind up with are criminal.

My order of preference for shipping:
1) DON'T DO IT!!!
2) US/Canadian Postal Service
3) FedEX Express/FedEX Ground
4) UPS
I've had no problems shipping to Canada, or Europe. You need to do it through the US Post Office. On the forms you have to fill out you have to declare the value, and the duty will be paid by the buyer when they receive it. It's a smooth transaction after you do it a couple of times, and there's only two or three forms. The postage will be more, I seem to remember about $30.00-$40.00 to send a cable Express Mail.

Chuck