Shipping from Texas to Canada .. best price ??

[winr1]

USPS wants around $150.00 to ship a ring and pinion.. 22 lbs, 16" x 6" x 12"

Tried real low value and high value, same price

Any help on lower cost shipping ??



Ricky.

[machyoung]

I'm finding the same thing. I typically ship UPS ground due to the convenience. Been trying to ship a sway bar (45x12x8 @ 8 1/2 lbs from SoCal to NC and they want close to $70. I shipped much heavier and larger packaged subframe conn's from SoCal to Chicago for about $24 last month. Perhaps it's the holiday package traffic that's causing our pain...

[winr1]

Thank you and Happy New Year :-)



Ricky.

[gregaba]

I use Beaver Freight. I shipped a Jaguar engine and tranny from Okla to San Fransisco for $800.00.
Everyone else wanted $1400 and up.
Greg

[TomP]

Use a flat rate box at the post office. I've sent them that way though from here I have to go to the US to send them as we don't seem to have such deals in Canada. Within the US it's like $15 regardless of weight and the international flat rate box is still cheaper than other ways for heavy items.

[winr1]

Thanks much guys :-)



Ricky.

[Falcon67]

USPS Priority International, pack in one of the Flat Rate boxes.  It'll get out of the US OK, after that it's your buyer's problem to deal with Canada Post.  Was around $20 to ship anything small or medium size into Canada.  UPS will screw the hell out of you or the end user with import fees. 

[winr1]

Thanks Chris :-)



Ricky.

[TomP]

Yes UPS charges brokerage... made my free warranty replacement rocker arm a hundred bucks between the silly priced overnight shipping (five days when it's a holiday weekend!) and $35 brokerage fee.

I always get stuff sent to me to the closest US town which is only five miles from here. That won't work if your recipient is 500 miles from the border.

[winr1]

Wow Tom, expensive rocker arm !!

Is there a duty if ya ship something from Canada to the US ??



Ricky.

[RustyCrankshaft]

Wow Tom, expensive rocker arm !!

Is there a duty if ya ship something from Canada to the US ??



Ricky.

It depends on what it is. Typically, Canada is more concerned with stuff going into the country as they are trying to preserve Canadian jobs. The US is a lot more lax about what is coming in to the US, although to be honest, most of it just depends on who you get at the boarder crossing or in the customs inspection.

Typically USPS is a better way to ship because it's 2 governments working together rather than a big business working with a foreign government. Also, whether it gets hung up in customs and whether duty will be charged is largely dependent on how you fill out the USPS/UPS paperwork.

[winr1]

Thanks much :-)



Ricky.

[TomP]

I've found the opposite in driving across the border with a parcel , that the US is more concerned with me stealing an American's job by selling a 1960's Ford intake manifold which somebody that no doubt served in Korea and proudly flies the stars and stripes on his front lawn made. I'm simply repatriating that onto US soil, but OH NO... some overzealous customs agent has to make a federal case over it and make me feel like i'm the cause of making the people homeless that are pooping on the sidewalks near Nancy Pelosi's mansion.

If I send it from here they don't care, I fill out the customs declaration for value and country of origin and don't think the US recipient has to pay anything.
 The reverse means I may have to pay the taxes and a brokerage fee when it gets here.

I'd be curious to know if any of you Americans have had to pay brokerage and federal taxes on a parcel from Canada?

[RustyCrankshaft]

I've never paid brokerage on anything shipped from an individual to me. The only time anyone at US Customs has ever really spent any time is when I've brought vehicles back into the US. The worst was a Honda quad and that was sorta funny because my buddy bought it from a friend of mine here in the states. Imported it to Canada, kept it a year, I went and bought it back and the US board agent was having a slow day and I got the run around because the frame had been powder coated several times and the stamped vin tag was hard to read. Look, I've got the original title, the Canadian Import paperwork a bill of sale from both the current and previous owners and I KNOW both of them here are their phone numbers call and verify. Then when something more interesting pulled in bam, just leave buddy we need the parking spot.

Taking stuff into Canada I've had a lot more trouble. But it really just depends on the board guy. I've gone up with 20k outboard, trucks, engines, etc. and hardly even a second look, and I was nearly stripped searched for a set of BEAT aluminum 16.5 truck wheels I gave the guy. That was about 4 hours and 5 agents and they charged me 26 bucks US tax. Really? Think that was a good investment of time?

Go figure.