arkay
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Best shipping from us to canada, vice versa
What's the best way to ship kites to and from canada?
Carrier?
Declared vs insured values?
Declared item types?
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US503 - Manzanita, Oregon
Fixed Bridal: Flexifoil Sting 1.2, 1.7; Rage Acid 2.5m, 3.5m, 4.7m, 6m | Peter Lynn Vapor 11.2m, 16.1m | NPW 7m
Depower : Peter Lynn Venom 2 13m, 16m, 19m | Peter Lynn Phantom 15m | Flysurfer 2.5 SA 19m
LEI : Flexifoil Atom 7m, 9m, 12m; Mutiny 8m
Land rides : Libre Hardcore; Libre v-max; Peter Lynn XR+W | Rollerblade Coyotes! | Ground Industries AK Pro
Water rides : Slingshot Misfit 134; Ocean Rodeo Mako 150; North WAM! 5\'10
4 Sale/Trade: HQ M1 5m, Flysurfer Pulse 10, PL Venom 2 16m, PL Venom 19m
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ripsessionkites
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USPS / Canada Post (its no faster than UPS or FEDEX Ground)
99.00 or less
never insure value, because it has to match the price
if its USED ... declare it has Kite - USED "no resale value"
if its NEW ... declare it has TOY-KITE / GIFT
sorry i cant be handing out HS Codes we use. you'll have to do your own leg work for that one. there is like a million codes, and some are taxed
higher than others.
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Maven454
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USPS, only good way to ship from US --> Canada..
"I gave up on wind speeds... its either crappy, gravy, epic, or stupid... in that order"
--Drewculous
Ozone: Imp III Quattro 1m and 1.5m, Flow 2m, 3m, 4m, and 5m.
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Bladerunner
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Ship it to ME I'll test it to make sure it's not damaged and pass it on . ;-)
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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Hardrock
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what ya think arkay, thats a big hunk a change.... got me thinking also.
PL V19m, P15m, V13m
Ace 7M (FOR SALE) 130.00 plus ship. RTF
Ace 5M
Beamer 5m, 3m
Hydra 350
P3 and a few smaller kites
Flexifoil Buggy, E-Trex Legend
LF Proof 151,,,GI Flight93 ATB
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acampbell
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UPS charges customs agent fees that are HUGE.
USPS Priority mail is what I use. As a commercial shipper I cannot use "gift" as a story but can declare a lower value that is still defensible if
questioned.
Use customs HTH code 8801.00.000 for kites. Don't know what the big secret is...
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cheezycheese
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I have recieved several items from Cananda and I must say the CA/USPS sucks for recieving unless you have great patience. I had an ATB held in customs
for almost a month. Two weeks for a kite from B.C. STEPHDIP sent my Synergy via UPS and it got here in two or three days...
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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canuck
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If "best" means lowest cost to you then use the Postal Service. If "best" means fastest then use a courier service. Both have tracking so you can get
an idea where your package is in the system.
I bought a 82ft 484/220lb line set on ebay for $30 and the seller would not ship USPS. Shipping to Canada via UPS cost $19.53 plus $34.50 brokerage.
Another 82ft 484/220lb line set cost $57 but the seller shipped USPS and the shipping was $8.50 plus $7.08 for Canada Post to clear it. I think it
took a week longer for the postal service to deliver.
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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vwbrian
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Arkay
Just have one of our Canadian Freinds who will be At The June 19-21 Napkra event carry it over the boarder and ship it from Canada to Canada.
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ripsessionkites
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| Quote: | Originally posted by acampbell
UPS charges customs agent fees that are HUGE.
USPS Priority mail is what I use. As a commercial shipper I cannot use "gift" as a story but can declare a lower value that is still defensible if
questioned.
Use customs HTH code 8801.00.000 for kites. Don't know what the big secret is... |
every HS Code is different for each country, since that isnt the code i would use for shipping to international countries. ill make Canadian dealers
work for their money. hehehe.
arkay, just send it home with one of us? what kite is it? the BC Crew will want to demo it first for safety reasons. hehehe.
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