I've got my Volk wheels for sale on the forum and a member says he wants them. Come to find out he is in Canada. I usually ship FedEx, but when I tried to get a shipping quote on their website its telling me there will be a number of export forms I've got to fill out and he may be liable for Duty and Canadian taxes in excess of $200! I've used USPS to ship internationally before, but their tracking system is a joke and they will only insure each box for $675, not the $900 I need.

I know in the world of Ebay and Internet purchases with world wide shipping, it can't be this hard, or is it? Is there something I'm missing? I hate for the sale to fall apart, but it seems it'll be too much of a PITA for me to ship out of the USA.

HELP!!!

 

Yes, they will have to pay a "duty" charge on items over a certain amount. You're not that far from Victoria BC, make a deal with this guy to pay your gas to drive up there and ship them in Canada.

 

Thats gonna cost him a lot more than the duty and taxes! 10hr round trip drive, gas, my time. Probably wouldn't work. I'm not sure how far he is from the canada/Washington border, but I would entertain meeting him half way. I had thought about that.

 

You shouldn't have to fill out any export forms. He will need an invoice however. He'll have to pay duty and taxes, which will add up to around 11.5%.

 

My brother used to work for FedEx and he said they include a brokerage fee in their prices that eliminates duty and tax costs for the receiver when sending items to Canada. He hasn't been with them for a few years now so I dunno whether that's still true or not, but whenever I received an item before from FedEx, I never had to pay anything.

 

Brokerage fees do not include duties and taxes. That's just brokerage, and FedEx and UPS charge a LOT for brokerage. I've worked in the Canadian Customs Brokerage industry.

He can self broker it by going to the customs office in his city. He needs the invoice, that's it.