back when i used to mess with watches, i could buy current issue swiss watches cheaply from switzerland. for 30 bucks i could get them shipped to me in roughly 2 business day. no one ever asked me for any duty or brokerage or anything but they just showed up in my mail same as if they were sent from up the street
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > On 20/09/2013 11:20 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: > >> and what exactly are they "brokering?" while my own country is becoming >> kind of a third rate third world kinda place, it's still a place where you >> just buy stuff and it shows up and there are none of these issues. at >> least back when i used to actually buy stuff, this was the case. >> >> >> >> Well, "free trade" is loosening things up a bit but there still are > duties payable depending on what one buys etc. > For example, if we go to ND and buy good and show up at the border with > them to "import" them into Canada, we will pay PST and GST on the value if > we go for a day trip. > If we stay in the USA for 48 hours we get an exemption but not for a day > trip. > If we bring back items that are made in the USA, Canada, or Mexico, there > is no duty chargable. > If we bring back items from the USA that originate in China, there will be > potentially duty imposed. > Often the border folks don't bother to charge the duty but theoretically > they should and if we brought in a significant dollar value of the goods, > no doubt would. > > I assume the same thing happens in reverse. If you bring things into the > USA from Canada that are made offshore, the USA customs folk will likely > charge you duty. > > The brokerage is essentially the process of filling out the papers, > collecting the duties, if there are any, and submitting the papers and > monies to the government. > > Randy > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
