Post Office is the only way to go. UPS will bend you over the table every time.

I collect toy cars and have packages arriving almost daily from the U.S. They all come via Post Office. Even though the PO has a handling fee, I rarely get charged for it as well as duties.

If the package is mailed by a person not a business, it usually flies right thru Customs. By this I mean, the return address is a person's name not a business. My F1 injectors came direct from Don M and the Post Office just handed the box to me, same as my Smarty from Bob. Both boxes had a person's name on it for a return address. My Brakesmart showed up today from DR. Performance, no duties or handling fees and it was marked DR. Performance as a return, but the clincher was the box weighed almost nothing so they didn't even look at it.

If you are in a panic and get something mailed Express Post, you will get nailed via Purolator, they are owned by Canada Post and work just like UPS.

It might take a week or two to arrive in Canada via the Post Office but I haven't lost a package yet and I do rarely pay duties. My $600 US order from Summit Racing only cost me $37 in duties via the Post Office where as a buddy had the exact same order shipped to him via UPS and he paid over $200 in brokerage fees, he sent the box back and had it reshipped via the mail, the extra shipping from Summit was still cheaper.

Jeff

 

Does it work the same if ya'll ship something South to us? I've never had anything shipped from C eh N eh D eh.