Your lucky. The border guard at Waneta always nails me every time,even though the things I bring back are gifts,he still makes me pay taxes. The only thing I ever get away with is gas. Im trying an experiment with a gift letter and some small parts being sent,but I dont think he'll care. I have kept the reciepts for taxes paid,hoping I will get a refund eventually.Plus most of the parts are valued at over $100.
And when I brought my magnums across to ship to Patrick,there were 2 forms at the border,plus another at the post office. I was instructed on how to etc on the forms,the guard was really great seeing how it was my first time. BUT,if I were to happen to show up at the border without paperwork again,there is a $5ooo fine they can levy for guys that repeatedly do this.And there are these stupid HST codes we have to look up,and write on the forms. There are a billion of these stupid things
( thanks Gordon Campbell and your idiot liberals).Plus a $10.75 U.S funds only fee at the border,which I had to swallow as part of the shipping.They called it a commercial vehicle fee as I was using my truck to transport stuff. Ridiculous excuse for a money grab. I had no U.S,so had to go to the post office,send the heads,get US change and then go back to the US guard shack and pay.All in the middle of a snow storm,lol!
Overall,it was a big pita. It's pretty obvious to me that the govt is making things difficult for the avg guy. Maybe they want to encourage the use of a broker. Too much $$ for my poor *** blood.Plus the US border guard actually told me I should be selling in my own country. I didnt bother letting him know I had been trying for 2 ys already. No point with a protectionist attitude like that.
