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northcoin Valued Member United States 159 Posts	Posted 03/29/2013 1:42 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 03/29/2013 3:17 pm Quote: 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. Report this Post to the Staff
canuck1us Pillar of the Community United States 1002 Posts	Posted 03/29/2013 3:24 pm Quote: 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. Report this Post to the Staff
allspice Pillar of the Community Canada 746 Posts	Posted 03/30/2013 6:01 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
allspice Pillar of the Community Canada 746 Posts	Posted 03/30/2013 6:06 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
Ravenzcoin Valued Member Canada 300 Posts	Posted 03/30/2013 9:37 pm 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..." Report this Post to the Staff
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