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On 31 Jan 2001, at 23:00, Tim Dapper wrote: > I believe you have an unpleasant surprise coming to you as well, > as you will probably get a bill from a customs broker, demanding > a customs payment, along with the broker's fees for sending the > bill to you. In my humble opinion, you are always better off > using the government postal services when shipping back and forth > from US to Canada. It may vary depending on the kind of item, but for small value items that are more than a year old there is usually no duty. Of course there are exceptions. I've brought in new stuff myself under what is called an "Informal Entry" which is a way to pay duty on personal purchases of imported dutiable items. There is probably an upper limit on the value of items you can bring in under an Informal Entry, but it is probably quite high. You can do this yourself, with no brokers fee, but you have to go to the port of entry to clear the item thru customs yourself. If you need to have someone else go to the port of entry for you, then there is no alternative to the broker and the Formal Entry. In my case, I had the items flown into Milwaukee and I drove to the airport and walked the paperwork thru. The shipping co. people (Emery Airfreight) were quite willing to show me the ropes. OTOH, this was many years ago. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org