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If you buy from the USA you might want to see if there is a place within driving range across the border where you can get your stuff shipped, then you go get it and pay the duty etc at the border. Sometimes it is faster and cheaper to go that way, and easier for the seller too. In my area there is a small place just inside the USA that charges $3 per package - all you do is use their ship-to address and monitor the shipment by UPS or FedEx or contact the place to see if your shipment has arrived.
You might need to get the USA ship-to address noted by your credit card company if you pay that way, that is done all the time and takes only a phone call to the CC co. The seller may want confirmation from the CC co that the ship-to address is OK.
I haven't got much stuff this way, but my friend has. The Cdn border will charge you PST (lucky you - 0 Alberta), GST, & duty. Some items have no duty, like Sennheiser headphones (made in Ireland), but the duty can be checked in advance, you can get the rates at the border or probably at the tax site http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/
Last edited by tvmann on Nov-08-2003 at 20:38
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Buying online..Reside in Canada...U.S. or UK which is better
