Wondering where you could get them in southerly interior, region 3?Originally Posted by tailgate77
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Wondering where you could get them in southerly interior, region 3?
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I order direct. If you know someone who has a US mailing address and could bring then across, it could save you some bucks in tax and duty. Not sure where in BC sells, aside from Vantage Point. I find the sizing true, which is good. Some brands sure don’t!
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Hey Hoyt, I see here that you ordered First Lite gear. I am in the process of doing the same and wanted to ask what the charges were across the border?
Did you get dinged for shipping, brokerage, and duty?
Can you remember approximately what said charges were?
I cant seem to figure out when duty and brokerage are applied and when they aren't.
I buy direct from Mystery Ranch and get dinged like crazy for duty and brokerage... yet I buy from Black Diamond or Patagonia and get charged $15 shipping only.
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18% duty is safe bet for offshore built clothing. add 12% BC tax and $10 border fee
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If you bring stuff across yourself and keep it to $250 or less you won't be charged anything. Closer to $500 with nexus. At least that's what I have been getting away with and I have been shipping stuff to Blaine and bringing it across for 10+ years.
Even if they make you go in and pay you will just pay 12% tax. They don't bother with duties unless it's tobacco or booze.
Shipping across the border, yes, they will automatically ding you for duties in addition to tax, which I really have a problem with because if you decide you don't want the item and want to ship it back ... good luck with getting that duties/tax money back.
If possible. It is much, much easier and cheaper to just ship to a parcel receiving business in Blaine and go and get it yourself. I pay $3 per package and do it all the time.
Best haul so far, without having to pay tax is $650usd. They are definitely more lenient to Nexus holders. If I had known I would have gotten Nexus sooner. Lol.
Not sure what the "border fee" that Bartell is mentioning is though ...
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Canada Post charges $9.95 to handle a package going across border
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004
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Copy that, and it's made offshore without a doubt. Very good, thank you. Will mail to US post box.
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FL is only going to be selling direct, like Kuiu, in 2018.
Start looking south of the border for deals, I saw a bunch at Midway, FL, Black Orvis and many others. Not much north of the border. You will pay the duty, unless you know someone who has a box near the border or has family members south.
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Originally Posted by 358mag
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some nice looking stuff offered for 2018
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The Catalyst looks really intriguing.
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