Elemental Designs Store In Canada

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Mar 4, 2006 | 10:53 PM

#11

JordyO

4000 Watt CAFz'r

iTrader: (17)

Joined: Sep 2002

Posts: 6,363

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMoney

that assumes you live close enuf to a US border to go get it yourself - and that there is a place across the border close enuf that will hold the goods for you...

Did I mention I've got just such a scenario where I live?

bmoney

No... you can clear a product through customs on your own without using a broker. (and have it shipped to you)

There's still taxes/duty, but no brokerage fee's because you are acting as the broker.

Mar 5, 2006 | 02:26 AM

#12

Drew

1000 Watt CAFz'r

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Sep 2004

Posts: 1,173

Not through UPS though...(as far as I know)

Mar 5, 2006 | 09:57 AM

#13

BMoney

!!!!AWAITING CONFIRMATION!!!!!!

Joined: Dec 2005

Posts: 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by JordyO

No... you can clear a product through customs on your own without using a broker. (and have it shipped to you)

There's still taxes/duty, but no brokerage fee's because you are acting as the broker.

to clear a product through customs, you must do it in person. To do it in person, you must live close enuf to a border to drive there and be present

In 15 years of ordering products from the states (and doing all the research that goes along with it), I've NEVER heard of brokering a product yourself without being present....

bmoney

Mar 5, 2006 | 12:13 PM

#14

Speedie

0 Watt CAFz'r

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 43

is there a set fee for brokerage fees or does it depend on the value of the product..if it does is it always a certain percentage of the product value?

anyone have any ideas?

Mar 5, 2006 | 03:25 PM

#15

MR2NR

4000 Watt CAFz'r

iTrader: (66)

Joined: Dec 2003

Posts: 6,420

Since when did ED start to make their stuff in the US? There is a major difference between made in the US and assembled in the US with US and offshore parts.