Date:         Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:19:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Derrek Wittmann <kerred@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Derrek Wittmann <kerred@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Questions about crossing the border into Canada with rebuilt
              engines to show and maybe sell
Comments: To: vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG
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Why were they trying to intimidate you?
thanks
Derrek Wittmann

>From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
>Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Questions about crossing the border into Canada
>         with rebuilt              engines to show and maybe sell
>Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:57:18 -0800
>
>Canada Customs will charge you GST and any possible duty on the commercial
>items you are taking in.  Then on your way back you have to visit them
>again
>and get the money refunded for the items you did not sell.  Keep track of
>serial numbers and the like, the more organized you are the better.
>
>Free trade... yes it exists, but it is correctly called the North America
>Free Trade Agreement, which means that a product made in Canada / USA /
>Mexico can travel between those countries without tariffs.  However, if you
>are taking a German [for example] made item to Canada you will have to pay
>duty on it.
>
>My recommendation with "Canada Customs and Revenue Agency" is to be 100%
>honest with them.  If you try to sneak something across and they discover
>that, they will nail you to the wall.  If you are honest with them, they
>will *usually* let you in with paying a lot less than you should.  Or you
>could get the bastard that took me into the back room and questioned me for
>over 30 minutes about my trip to Seattle to deliver the 1984 German Army
>DoKa we sold in September.  THAT was fun... not! :(
>
>David Marshall
>
>Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
>4356 Quesnel Hixon Road
>Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
>mailto:info@fastforward.ca <mailto:info@fastforward.ca>
>http://www.fastforward.ca <http://www.fastforward.ca>
>Phone: (250) 992 7775           FAX: (250) 992 1160
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Robert Donalds
>Sent: December 8, 2001 8:25 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Questions about crossing the border into Canada with rebiult
>engines to show and maybe sell
>
>
>I am planning a trip into Canada in my vanagon  (vanagon content) with to
>visit potential Zamboni engine customers. What would be involved in
>crossing
>the border with my products as goods not yet sold but very well could be
>sold. When I get to the border Is there a duty to be paid or a bond that
>would need to be posted. I don't want to find out the hard way by showing
>up
>at the border when they start asking questions like anything to declare? I
>don't want to spend the day at the border crossing while they try to decide
>if I am braking the law
>  and why do they call it free trade
>any thoughts or insights
>Bob Donalds
>Boston Engine


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