joedy
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Hey, Canadian Kiters - Need your input
I haven't shipped to Canada before.
What would you recommend as the best way and courier of choice to mail a kite from the US to Canada (BC)?
I checked the USPS site, but they're quoting a $95 shipping fee from the US to Canada, but that sounds a bit excessive.
Thanks for your help.
-joedy
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markite
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send it by mail - USPS
cheaper, less chance of any extra fees to the receiver. They might have to pay tax on the value, probably not. Courier will probably have brokerage
fees and then there could still be tax assessed.
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
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Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
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macboy
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
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Yup - even if you tried UPS or Fedex for $50 there'd be anywhere from $50-$100 in border fees. USPS is the only way to go.
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Bladerunner
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Yes ,
USPS please !!!
Canada Customs can get greedy ! If the person in Canadad doesn't know that you should inform them and tell them it is THEIR issue. They will get hit
at the post office if they add taxes.
You can help a lot be marking the value down below $200 if possible . Mark it as a gift and just call it a kite, lines and bar. Avoid calling it a
Power kite or anything like that.
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 .
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joedy
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Does it matter much whether to use USPS Priority Mail or another USPS offering?
I know that here in the US, Priority Mail usually means a quicker delivery, but I don't know if Priority Mail is applied to Canadian-bound parcels.
If I'm hearing correctly, I should expect about a 100 dollar shipping costs with USPS? Does this sound reasonable in your experiences?
-joedy
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flyhighWNY
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http://shiporion.com/ buddy here in Lewiston,ny is owner might be able to help beat some of those pesky fees
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shaggs2riches
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I shipped an entire PL XR+ buggy wheels included 35-50lbs in a heavy box, for around $90 from Saskatchewan to the states. A kite nicely packaged with
insurance shouldn't cost more than $50 I wouldn't think. Its been hit and miss for me buying from the U.S. sometimes I get hit with charges of up to
$100 and others I have been hit with nothing. USPS should work quite fine.
what I fly/ride:
19m Flysurfer Speed 2 SA
12m Flysurfer Speed2
6m Ozone access xt
1.5m Ozone imp trainer
144cm Airush Switch
152cm lib tech skate banana
MBS Pro 90
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Definitely USPS Priority Mail International. Description : kite Value for insurance.
Suck the air out, compress some more, cut down the box, do what you can to minimize the size of the box because it usually weighs nothing and the size
of the box dictates the rate. Canada Post only charges $5.00 for Customs & Brokerage at our end but couriers are at least $35 or more.
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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
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Bladerunner
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If you are talking a Flysurfer I think it will be closer to $70 or less.
You get charged on size as well as weight .
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 .
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macboy
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
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And all it is really is our greedy government forcing the carriers to stop the packages at the border and determine if it was a commercial product
purchased. If they deem it was, they assess our sales tax (only 5% in Alberta) which the receiver gets to pay at the door along with the brokerage
fee. USPS brokerage fee is about 5 bucks I do believe. UPS is about a hundred.
Okay, not a hundred but it's a LOT.
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joedy
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Thank you for your help, everyone.
-joedy
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Flysurfer Pulse2 12m
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Bladerunner
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Just to be clear to American sellers.
This tax thing happens at the Canadian end and you are never held responsible for any extra charges. ONLY the Canadian.
You can help to possibly avoid it by using USPS and labeling right but that is about the only thing " special " about sending to us.
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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 .
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ship in an unmarked package, so the receiver will not have to pay any custom fees, might have to label it as a gift I'm not sure about that one, but
make sure the package is unmarked and does not say a total price on it
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macboy
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
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hehehehe.......
We have a live-in doc with us every three or four months while her husband finishes off med school in St Lucia. She has all her mail coming here and
about a month ago we received a discreetly packaged, cylindrical shaped something or other. Completely unmarked. Made me wonder what sort of things
the postal workers get entertained by each and every day.
(It was just Pro-Active......so she says  )
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Reactor II 5.5/6.9 | AccessXC 10 | Frenzy 12 | PsychoIII 13 | Speed2 12 | Speed3 15 | SA2.5 19
Bomba 15 | Phantom 15/18 | Venom 13 | Slingshot T3 9/11/14m
Skis, Ski Skates, Nobile RM Pro, MBS Pro 90, Kailolo 5' 11" Custom Phish, Kailolo 5'9" Custom Phish, Plyboard, Proof 151,
FlydoorM, F-One 198, Coyotes, Comp XR+, and the BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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joedy
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Of course, it was just a karaoke microphone.... right?
:ticking:
-joedy
Flysurfer Speed3 19m Deluxe
Liquid Force Envy 12m
Flysurfer Pulse2 12m
HQ Matrixx 15m
HQ Hydra 350
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