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I have bought a lot of items out of the US and a lot of times the shipping costs are lower than domestic rates in Canada. I guess if they don't want to deal with Canadians they should just out right say that and be done with it. But from what I have learned from relatives that live in the US they don't even teach the kids in school where Canada is.
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I agree that if you are wanting to realize the best price you should offer your Canadian coins to Canadian purchasers. I have found my best bargains on Canadian coins from U.S. ebay sellers that only ship to the U.S. Anyone that is doing any type of volume like an online dealer or major ebay seller would benefit in shipping to Canada. It looks the item that the original poster on this thread pointed out is offered by a seller that isn't high volume and this item is the only Canadian item he has listed. It likely wouldn't be worth it for him to have to go through the hassle that he likely doesn't have to deal with on his other sales. parkay> I would have to agree that the school system here in the U.S. doesn't teach as much about other countries as Canada does. My 12 year old son is fortunate to go to a private school and he has been taught about Canada, its geography and culture - of course it was pretty basic compared to what he already received from his father! Just yesterday in a conversation with one of my client's employees, I was told, "Y'all have a lot of igloos up in Canada don't you?" |
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It amazes me how insular and inward thinking Americans are when it comes to business and foreign travel to name just a few things. There is a great big world out there and NOT just the US of eh. C\mon cousins get yer heads out of the sand! BTW I am married to an American!
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54dollarcoin Sooooo. one of them found their way to your igloo.  |
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Canada
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Chick ..... I am a big old loveable bear........charmed her right in the igloos front door, at first she was lost.... now enlightened! LOL LOL
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United States
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I do my best to educate down here...one poor soul at a time!! |
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Canada
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Thank you for your service!..........A challenging and hopeless task unfortunately/
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Also, and Canadians are not going to like this, but Canadians are by far the worst at begging (sometimes demanding) US sellers to lie on customs forms. I am a Canadian seller who is always shipping items down to US customers and unfortunately for most item over $10.00 I get the exact same response from American buyers to please doctor the customs forms (which I refuse to do). Two wrongs don't make a right. |
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The only time I ever had a package go astray the seller would NOT ship to me in Canada - so I had him ship it to a friend of mine in Port Huron Mi. After talking with the post office - the delivery guy described the house, and garage, where he put the package - my friend however being absent at the time of the delivery found no such package. Apparently, according to the post master - "organized crime" followed the postal vehicles. If nobody home, they simply followed the delivery guy...and picked up the parcels.
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I sell mostly low cost (average $10.00) Canadian coins - From Florida - and all my listing's include shipping to Canada, usually for $1.50, at my risk. My local post office, as soon as they realize there is more than a letter in the envelope want to charge me at least $6.00 or more and insist on a customs declaration. For low cost items this is to me not acceptable. I did find a local private concern that has a post office franchise that will allow me to send the items in letter format for $1.20 - under 2 oz. As long as this is allowed I will continue selling low cost items with shipping to Canada. Finally if I abide by the PayPal rules it would require Registered mail (the only way to get tracking to Canada )costing at least $14.00. So yes shipping to Canada is a hassle, but worth it for me and my buyers until things change.
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Also, and Canadians are not going to like this, but Canadians are by far the worst at begging (sometimes demanding) US sellers to lie on customs forms.
Interesting. That doesn't surprise me given the high HST rates, but I should note that a lot of sellers I've dealt with do this as a matter of course. I would never request anyone do illegal activity on my behalf, but I've received a lot of high value items with a lie on the customs form. Now, it may be some are worried about theft on route. Since, putting the true value of a high-value item is like adding a red "Steal me, I'm valuable" sticker with the quaint blue "Par Avion" one. Quote:
I've had Americans ask me to declare significantly lower values than the purchase price as well.
Do Americans pay taxes for these imports? If not, then I assume it's the concern of theft. |
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Do Americans pay taxes for these imports? If not, then I assume it's the concern of theft. There are no import duty/taxes on numismatics from Canada to the U.S. I have never had to pay any whether my purchases were from the RCM, Canada Post, online coin shops or ebay. |
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Canada
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Hi everyone, not sure why Canadian sellers need to lower any values unless the item is higher than $200. US items, including coins, are duty-free up to $200.
What's crazy is that Canada has a limit of $20 duty-free, which has been the case for umteen years. Isn't it about time they raised this limit to at least keep up with inflation? Should be about $100 by now. I have noticed that if a US seller sends an item to Canada first-class international, duty usually isn't charged. Standard mail tends to be hit & miss.
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Canada
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On a lighter note, many US sellers who don't ship internationally, don't always mean Canada. If I ask them if they'll send the item to Canada, most of the time, they will ship it, provided I pay the added shipping cost.
@ OldCoinGuy, I asked the seller of the Whitman Canadian Large Cents 1858 - 1920 coin album
auction if he would send to Canada. Here is his pleasant response: "Yes I will, Shipping would be about $10.15 Thank you for looking." So I placed a modest bid and guess what? It went through.
So, you still have time to win the auction OldCoinGuy. Just ask for USPS First class International shipping when you win, and all should go smoothly.
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Canada
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Allspice, you have hit on an important point--many of those items indicating "only domestic" shipping are generic items selected from ebay, and the actual seller, when specifically asked (as you did), may be quite willing to ship to Canada, as long as the buyer is willing to pay the costs. I find Americans fall into two broad groups. The former knows virtually nothing about the world outside their borders (which I blame the education system, not them, themselves) and those who have somehow reached beyond their normal education. A large proportion of the latter group say things like "I don't really consider Canada to a 'foreign' country" or "technically a foreign country, but..." |
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