Duty charges
The shipper is what can kill you. If it's UPS be ready to fork over the big $$'s for their brokerage charges and handling fee's which before tax are around $40ish if I remember from my three bad run in's with them (UPS). If you can have them ship USPS you're much much MUCH better off.
This is a idea, instead of dealing with ups for shipping(dont trust them on that kind of item if it was mine) Try to find a trucking company that ships to the states and canada. I worked for a transport company, and it mostly delt with oil industry stuff. But over the year i worked for them, we shipped 6 dirt bikes and 3 sleds and a bunch of older and newer cars.
This is a idea, instead of dealing with ups for shipping(dont trust them on that kind of item if it was mine) Try to find a trucking company that ships to the states and canada. I worked for a transport company, and it mostly delt with oil industry stuff. But over the year i worked for them, we shipped 6 dirt bikes and 3 sleds and a bunch of older and newer cars.
i forget the name of the town 45 mins south from you in the US. They have a UPS store, you have to shipped to there, drive down pick it up. You only pay GST when coming across the border when you declare it...you owe me a beer of this one...



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