Shipping Boxes US to Canada (TIPS?)

[bmoy88]

Because of all the hype of Crosby/Ovechkin, I've decided to dabble once more into hockey cards (boxes). I've pre-ordered 2 boxes of the UD series 2 from a seller (EBay) in the US. Now, Ive looked up another Ebay seller "Dave and Adams's Card World" and they have a bunch of hockey boxes (95/96, 96/97, 97/98) for about $15-$20 per. If I were to pick up $140.00 worth (6-7 boxes), what should I expect to pay in taxes and duty? Would it still be worth it? Any Canadians here have any experience with duties/taxes and/or Dave and Adam's?

[anthonyc]

i have...but not from dave and adams.......you will only pay duties if they send via gloabl pacrel company..like fedex,ups,purolator..etc.........i have gotten burned everytime someone sends me cards from a carrier company....it always costs me $60......always ship and make sure the product is transfered via postal service

[$cards4me]

US's regular postal service also get taxed when it enters Canada. Those private carrier companies will tax the stuff 100% of the time though. I would say about 80% of the stuff sent via regular postal service get taxed when it enters canada. Most of the time, its still cheaper to buy from the States after all the taxing...

[bmoy88]

i have...but not from dave and adams.......you will only pay duties if they send via gloabl pacrel company..like fedex,ups,purolator..etc.........i have gotten burned everytime someone sends me cards from a carrier company....it always costs me $60......always ship and make sure the product is transfered via postal service

I ordered 10 boxes. With shipping it came to $212 US. The girl I spoke to said that she could put a value of $75.00 on it (Inventory Clearance). Let's see what happens! Shipping via USPS.