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Subject:Re: a rack to put a canoe on the top and Eurovan/Shipping to Canada
From:Thing Guy
Date:Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:42:53 EDT

Yvan,

You should contact Owasco RV/VW in Ontario.  They offer lots of accessories
for EVs.  If they can't help, try Reimo in Germany.  Reimo has several top
racks available for the EV

P-mail if you are interested in a Reimo catalog.  I offer them for sale.

If Reimo can't help, I can order direct, but you may end up paying US duty as
well as Canadian duty.  I have shipped several tents into Canada, and even
with the double duty, have saved over the total price from Reimo including
shipping and import.

As far as NAFTA is concerned, this only applies to goods made in N. America.
The tents I sell are made in Germany, so when I ship them to Canada, you still
end up paying duty at about 22%

You may want to consider having any items shipped to a friend in the US and
then pick it up yourself.  Even if you declare it going back into Canada, you
may not have to pay any duty, or at least won't have to pay the broker fees
that UPS and other shippers charge.

Steve
'74 Campmobile
New German Bus Tents at http://members.aol.com/tentinfo/index.html

<<Hi Everybody
>
>I am a new user of the Vanagon list. I found the list very useful for my
>needs.
>I just buy a brand new Eurovan camper with 6V engine.
>I dont have enough mileage to give everybody my first feeling.
>I have a question : Is there somebody who finds a rack to put a canoe on
>the top of an Eurovan ?
>Please give the trade mark of the rack and if possible nay good idea you
>found.
>Thank you for your help!!!
>I'm witing from Canada. Yvan Cloutier cloy808@comnet.ca
>>