maddoctor

Just wondering why no one wants to sell to Canadian Members?
We change our loonies to the almighty USD, we pay the extra shipping. All the costs and red tape is at our end eg. CUSTOMS, DUTY, TAX.
I have sold several parts to U.S. members and had no issues or complaints from buyers about the process. If anyone has a valid issue please advise, I would love to know.
Vince.

Fun71

Maybe tell us why you say no one is selling to the north. Were you denied a sale or something?

tru-blue 442

I have never had a problem shipping to our Northern neighbors. You are right though, the fees going North are stupid.

maddoctor

80% of the adds say " lower 49 only"

maddoctor

The fees are crazy but we pay them .

rickw30

I have shipped to Canada dozens of times and never a problem.

66-3X2 442

Every time I ship to Canada through FedEx after getting a quote I get additional charges. How do you go back to the buyer and ask for the difference? Last time I shipped to Canada I carried it to the FedEx counter to make sure the duty forms were done correctly and the weight/dimensions were correct. Off it went and 2 weeks after it was delivered they hit me for another $50. Another FedEx shipment sent to Nova Scotia cost me additional fees. I think they charged for every province it went through.

no1oldsfan

So have I.

maddoctor

Thank you to all that have replied. I guess, from the responses there are no reasonable reasons. Great to hear.

rickw30

Most of the reason why, is most don't want to deal with the paperwork.
It's pretty straight forward.
I use USPS most of the time and it slides right through. The other trick is if the buyer wants to take responsibility, you put the value at $100 or below. Make sure you put the exact number of items in your box on your paperwork and mark them as used auto parts.
I never have a problem or extra charges.

maddoctor

I don't understand the paperwork issue
If I send something to the US, I put the address on, pay the shipping that I have quoted and charged the buyer and it is usually there in 3 to 5 days. That is FedEx, they are the most reliable in my experience. We don't have any paperwork.

66-3X2 442

I'll give you another reason why some don't like selling/shipping to Canada. I sent a package through the USPS and had the clerk check the duty papers and said it was good to go. The damn thing was sent back after getting to the destination because one damn box wasn't filled in correctly. I hate dealing with the damn duty forms Trudeau uses. You may not have to fill out paper work but we do and it sucks. I don't care if I ever ship there again.

maddoctor

I never use the postal system, FedEx.

66-3X2 442

I have already given you my reasons using FedEx. You asked for reasons and I gave them to you. I had rather not sale a part if shipping into Canada is part of it.

70W-32

Ive had issues with upcharges after delivery, and the same issues with un-accepted import paperwork when shipping to Canada. So now, lower 48 only. This goes for USPS, UPS, and FedEX. I have had Canadian buyers ship to a border city, and then they drive across to pick it up.

66-3X2 442

Exactly my experience as well. It's frustrating as hell for a package to get where it's going in Canada only to be returned for improper duty forms. I understand the guys question but for him to be asking there must be multiple sellers who won't go through the stupid shipping process.

gs72

Don’t blame these guys. Start voting differently and change things in your country. God nows we have problems in ours.

VI Cutty

Those issues existed long before the current government, and are created and administered by the non-elected bureaucrat responsible for the red tape. Not really high on a politician's radar unfortunately.

I usually use a bonded courier. I can ship to their US address, they bring the item across the border to my local international airport where I can do the customs/brokerage myself. That usually works out well for me although not an option for everyone. The problem I've recently encountered is with someone who invoices through Paypal and supposedly can only ship to the address indicated in my Paypal account. Paypal only lets you use shipping addresses in your country of residence so I can't use the courier route for this item. In the end, that will wind up costing me a bunch more $$$ if I go that route.

People creating these obstacles need a good tune up!

ourkid2000

Man o man, it amazes me how our current team has suddenly caught the eye and ear of the average Joe in the USA. If it's one thing I know about the States is you guys couldn't give a flyin' frig about Canada. Truly, it might as well be the moon. The fact that you guys even know his name now is comical to me. Nowadays, you wouldn't know but we have Castro running things up here!

Clearly your news media must be focusing in on this because it's never come up before.

OLDSter Ralph

Most Americans have always been aware that other neighbors had elected officials and who they were. Canada is one of our largest trading partners and a lot of things cross the borders more than once.

You may claim that Castro is running your country. If in fact that was true..........you would be jury-rigging Russian tractor engines in your American cars to just keep them running. As it is, you can order replacement and used parts and have them delivered to you.

And concerning "duties, taxes and import fees".......people in the UK, France, Spain, Poland, Austria and the Scandinavian countries also deal with them.
.....Just my two cents.

ourkid2000

You must be joking. My folks live in the states, we have tons of friends and family down there.......well educated, high status, and relatively well informed. Canada might as well be the moon to all of them. We don't even register in their minds, let alone know who our elected officials are. I can only imagine how the rest of the USA feels. Anyway, I don't have any particular issue with this. You're a huge country with 300 million people, you got your own problems to deal with.

Anyway, I think you completely missed the point of what I said. We don't have a "Castro" running things here but it seems we've suddenly caught the eyes and ears of the common US folk somehow and I can't shake this feeling it's because of your news media pushing trendy nonsense. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, gets the eyes and ears of the USA faster than the mere whiff of socialism nearby. I don't subscribe to any of that stuff either but the fact that we're making waves down there at all leads me to believe something's afoot with your news organizations because you've never cared before.

Regardless, yes shipping to Canada from the USA is a pain in the ***. Recently I got smoked with a surprise 200 dollar customs fee from some large parts I had shipped up here. Outrageous!

I'm actually thinking about making a little one man vacation to the USA, getting all the car parts I need while I'm there and bringing them all back home in one fell swoop.

deaddds

Drop me a line if you come down to IL way. You can come and look for lots of Toro parts Ive got.

66-3X2 442

Trudeau looks just like his Daddy Fidel.

EarlSpilner

I find US companies seem to HATE shipping via USPS which is the best for Canadians fee wise. All Canadians need to pay GST on imported parts ( 5% ).

The problem is ups and FedEx charge $80 for the brokerage plus the 5%. USPS hands packages off to Canada Post and they charge $8 for brokerage and can get it at the local post office. Best way to get stuff in my option. In 10 years have yet to have a package list doing this.

only exception is summit/jegs/rockauto which have agreements with FedEx to have the brokerage charges included in the shipping fee.

newmexguy

I've sold and shipped a few items to CANADA. Just a few. Figure that most of them, meaning Canadians, don't want to pay the additional charges brought on, by buying an item from south of their border.

jensenracing77

I no longer ship anything large out of country. Small packages I will ship through USPS but that is all. The headache and risk of eating extra shipping is to great. The online calculators are NEVER correct for shipping out of country so it requires two trips to the post office. One to get a quote then a second to ship it. If they decide not to buy it because the shipping it to high I just ate a trip to the post office. Just not worth it unless its a small package. I have never really had a problem with a small package.

I had a Jetfire turbo shipped to me last year to restore/rebuild from Canada. They insured it for $5000 and was totally destroyed coming across the boarder. Then they would not pay the claim because it made it to its destination. They said they only insure against being lost, not that it would be undamaged. To top that off, they had to get my S.S. number because the value of shipping was so high. I am figuring I will have to end up paying tax on the $5000 insured package that they turned to junk.

66-3X2 442

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