12-30-2006, 04:40 AM
I\'ve never heard of anyone from the United States having to pay brokerage and duty fees from getting shipments from Canada. It\'s actually the complete opposite. Due to the NAFTA agreement any item coming from the US (and is not made in the USA) is subject to a duty and postal courrier fees. When shipping outside of the US you have to declare the package, how much it\'s worth. and if you don\'t there customs can open the package and determine its worth and the person outside the US can be hit with a duty depending on what they think its worth. If you have ever shipped to a person that has lived in Canada, I\'m sure they would have told you to mark the item as a gift on the Shipping form and putting it\'s worth at like $10 bucks even though its worth a heck of alot more and most of all not to insure the package which is risky cause if it\'s lost your out SOL and so is the person who was going to recieve the item but it\'s all done to get around the surcharge. Basically the more the item is worth the more they will charge, I\'ve heard of people being charged $26 bucks for an item that is worth $50. But no, never have I read or heard about people who live in the United States being charged a duty for items coming in from Canada or anywhere else. If you do get hit with a duty tell them to ship it back to the owner and give the owners specific directions to ship it out through the Canada Post with no insurance, marking the item as gift and a cost of 10 bucks.
Hopefully all works out well though.
Hopefully all works out well though.