Selling to Canadians

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

I know there are others who can speak with more authority on your questions, but here's what I know and do:

State your price and require payment in US$ - it eliminates exchange considerations for you.

State in your ad or correspondence that all import fees are the responsibility of the buyer (or negotiate a mutual agreement in advance) so there are no surprises.

Ship via US Mail if possible, it eliminates brokerage fees from coming back to you (also eliminates them entirely as I understand), and leave all duties considerations with the buyer. It's also less expensive usually. If the item is mfg'd in North America the buyer won't have to pay duties anyway. Your import form that you fill out when mailing the item will include origin of the item, and value.

If duties apply, it is a % of the price - I don't recall how much but think it's less than 10%, maybe closer to 5%?

If the item is too large/heavy, USPS won't ship it, then you need to use UPS/Fedex, etc. They use brokers to handle import processing and charge a fee for it. Make sure there's agreement with the buyer on who pays these.