I thought the point of NAFTA was that you would no longer have to pay any
customs between US/CAN?? I buy stuff from Canada and don't pay customs, in fact
we've had several shipments recently from Canada & Denmark -- no customs.
   And in fact we are currently looking at buying a couple of highticket items
from Canada (a $3K woodstove for one and a bed almost as costly) and are assured
there will be no duty.
   So what's wrong with the Canadian side?

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:51:20AM -0300, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
> Be glad it didn't come UPS or you'd have another $50 customs clearance charge.
> NEVER use UPS (untill they change this policy).  M
>
> On 11 Aug 2002 at 20:32, Lawrence Johnson wrote:
>
> > A minor RANT and a warning to fellow Canadians about the pitfalls of
> > buying from our southern brothers and sisters. Or how I learned to
> > love the NAFTA AGREEMENT.
> >
> > I bought Vanagon parts from a famous Vanagon parts supplier in the
> > U.S. of A. for a total of $16.90. The famous supplier charged me $8.75
> > for S&H (packed in a box with "DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE" label still on the
> > side). Canada Customs charged me $2.23 in sales taxes. Canada Post
> > charged me $3.15 for the favor of shipping it to Customs. All $ is US
> > Bucks. For a grand total of $31.03. That is a 83� % markup over cost
> > thanks to our fearless leaders who carved out NAFTA - Free Trade my
> > ASS.
> >
> > But I'd pay anything to keep Fritz happily rolling down the road.
> > Larry

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