Canada Shipment

[lamontqsanford]

I am selling a razor to a member who is in Canada. Can anyone give me information on what I need to do to ship it. I will be using the USPS.

[qukoo]

In my experience (I live in Canada).

Always ship using United States Postal Service (Never UPS or FedEx) - This is most important (UPS and FedEx charge a $20 brokerage fee).

Mark the customs form as Gift, and on the description write the word Gift.

Value the goods under $20 if possible (I think limit for a gift is $60, but I have had problems with them wanting to re-value things as it gets closer to $60 in order to tax me).

If you do all of the above there should not be any customs fees or taxes.

If you can package it and send it using the automated shipping machines available at some USPS offices (I think that 1 lb is the limit) then you do not need to fill out customs and I find that I receive things much faster that way.

Hope this helps.

[lamontqsanford]

qukoo, thanks for the info. Surprisingly it is quite simple to ship something to Canada. I don't know why I was intimidated.

[cybrok]

A toothbrush case wouldn't hurt either.

Yes it is simple to ship to Canada, except for products with alcohol content.