Lik

Depends on what your thing is. If it is a duty-free item, then it's just PST & GST. If it is subjected to duty, then you gotta pay that as well.

Shipping anything from the US into Canada via any method is not gonna be cheap. In this case, I'd just have the item shipped to Point Roberts and go pick it up on a Saturday or something. Can buy some cheap gas while I'm down there as well.

-Lik

Lik

One additional thing with shipping USPS is, you need to sign an authorization form to have the agent (shipping depot) receive the item on your behalf before the item is received.

For parcels shipped within US, UPS ground can sometimes be cheaper than USPS, and it is almost always faster too.

-Lik

Lik

回復  Rainy

    u  just need to register your email address online w/ the letter carrier.
fibbi 發表於 2010-4-20 17:12

The email registration is only for registration with the mailing depot. It is not the authorization you give to USPS to deliver parcels to the depot as your agent. For that particular form, you need to do it in person and sign the form, giving them your signature. Otherwise, the mail depot can't receive the parcel for you from USPS.

-Lik

Lik

Strange to hear that USPS will pass the parcel on to TSB without the authorization form being signed since the TSB staff specifically told me that they couldn't accept USPS stuff unless I signed the form.

I suppose the policy is still technically in place, but at the execution level, people stopped bothering with it anymore.

-Lik