dear old parts this is not the case ... you can mark the box with what ever you like ... customs will open it and decide for them selves what is in there and what the purpose is marking a package incongruously may result in criminal charges or worse yet denial of permission to cross the border in person antique is only for vehicles registered as antique or collector ... Been there done that ... Customs folks are not stupid they are not blind or inept for the most part ... they do though have something called discretion ... and that means when you are in their world you operate by their rules ... yours On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote: > Al > If USPS will take them (properly boxed of course) that is the best > way. UPS gouges Canadians with exorbitant "brokerage "fees. > > Mark the package as containing "antique auto parts" as they are duty > free. > Cheers > > > > > On 1-Oct-09, at 3:39 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:27:15 -0700 >> From: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM> >> Subject: How do I send used parts to Canada? >> >> Greg a listmember is lusting after some old dusty but not rusty >> parts and >> bits left over from a bumper exchange. >> >> What is the cheapest way to send these from Califunia to Canada. >> >> Pensionerd. >> >
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