I'm in Canada too. I ship all my parts to a PO box just across the boarder. I've brought back tons of parts engines, ect. No matter what you're gonna get stuck paying the taxes on it

 

Good to know..so basically will be paying tax on the amount paid for the total....and maybe some duty fees?

 

Also in Canada, I do the same thing as hunter mentioned above. I learned my lesson the last time I shipped a $30 part and it ended up costing me $90 by the time it got to my door step

 

Ouch..thats what im scared off. It would take a chunk out of the restoration budget getting theses extra fees when ordering 600-700 $ worth of parts..

 

With the dollar the way it is these days it's getting pricey to buy anything over there and then to pay 13% Canadian tax, plus shipping, plus brokerage fees it's not worth it. Minimob racing is a Canada based company that sells a lot of stuff at very competitive prices. He charges us $ but ships from B.C and it gets here within the 4-5 days. Also for gear, plastic or tires you cannot beat Canada motorcycle. They have pricing similar to us prices but they are based out of Montreal.

 

http://minimobracing.com
https://www.canadasmotorcycle.ca

 

I know there's third parties that handle US shipping to Canada but maybe you could ship it to Hunters PO box and pay him shipping to your door and a few bucks to make it worth his while

 

I got lucky with my motor. Paid it in two payments. $500 and $250. Only paid taxes on $250 lol

 

I've been buying and selling from Canada to the US for many years, the first rule is only use Canada post and USPS, stay away from brokers like UPS, the brokerage fees are all over the place.

Tim

 

Im trying out KINEK. ship to a kinekpoint in the u.s and go pick it up. Or have someone else pick it up for you. I ordered $300 worth of parts from partzilla and having my mother pick it up on her annual shopping trip. This will only work if you live near the border and are planning a trip to the states. Likely to get stung on duty if you just drive over to pick it up and drive back

 

IF you near the border quite a few companies will let us ship to them and have you pick it up
The UPS Store , Ship Station ect

For shipment to your house or business USPS / CANADA POST seems to be most economical
also one of the things we do to reduce cost is we refund and overages our automated system imposes once the parts are shipped out and we ONLY charge you the actual COST we PAY to ship
We have a few other things we do to keep the cost down to Canada and other International locations