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11-24-2009, 12:31 PM
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mount it down there, drive ur gf for some shopping & do some burnouts. The tires will look old. Try to go when it rains, it'll be more difficult for border guards to guage ur threads
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11-24-2009, 12:33 PM
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Honestly just stay over a few nights.. especially in Or.. consider the hotel bill as your tax.
Most border guards don't care if your tires are a few bucks over the limit.
Doing burnouts on your new tires is just stupid. Quote:
Originally Posted by q0192837465  mount it down there, drive ur gf for some shopping & do some burnouts. The tires will look old. Try to go when it rains, it'll be more difficult for border guards to guage ur threads | | |
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11-24-2009, 01:16 PM
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For those that did the same day return trip..did u mount them there or just bring em back to mount?
And did u actually declare them? Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-24-2009, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by godwin Honestly just stay over a few nights.. especially in Or.. consider the hotel bill as your tax.
Most border guards don't care if your tires are a few bucks over the limit.
Doing burnouts on your new tires is just stupid. | lol, i dun mean burnout literally, but some aggressive driving to get rid of the color strips, u know wut i'm talking about.
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11-24-2009, 01:34 PM
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just pay the taxes, is not worth the hassle of staying over night , or trying to "trick" the customs people by doing agresive driving..
your gonna still save at least 1-2 hundred dollars from tires alone from buying down at the states.
When i bought my rims, I just also purchased a few other things (a camera lens, and a pair of jeans)... went to the boarder, declared i had tires, and customs inspected my car.. I had the seller earlier provide me a invoice stating it was an end of stock sale tire so the price was 50% off..
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11-24-2009, 01:41 PM
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So I guess at the end its still cheaper for me to order from TR..ship it to mailbox intl or hagens..go pick em up and declare and just get it mounted here right? Cuz that's what I'm thinking of doing cuz shipping there is like 100 compared to 300+ shipping to my house Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-24-2009, 02:35 PM
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im going for 2 days so that i can expempt $400 worth of goods.
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11-24-2009, 07:06 PM
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I got NEW 17" wheels and Dunlop winter tires and center caps and lugs and mounted and balanced shipped to point roberts from tire rack for $1100
paid the GST and PST and mounted the wheels myself.
was well worth it. 
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11-24-2009, 07:12 PM
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#34 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by Kalize I got NEW 17" wheels and Dunlop winter tires and center caps and lugs and mounted and balanced shipped to point roberts from tire rack for $1100
paid the GST and PST and mounted the wheels myself.
was well worth it. | so u brought it back to vancouver n mount them yourself right?
how did the package come from TR and did u declare it when u crossed the border?
cuz im planning to do the same thing pretty soon
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11-24-2009, 10:45 PM
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#35 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Originally Posted by NNT How about this, for anything you bring across boarder, you need to pay GST/PST plus duty if it is not made in the NA. (I was looking to get a mountain bike, $1000 to buy in canada and 700 US to ship to Point robert, but duty on bike are 30% so I pretty much axed the idea) for for the person who didnt get charge duty is just luck, there're no way to guarantee you wont get charge. | FWIW, I think you have your numbers mixed up. Bikes and bike parts (except for complete wheels) are only ever charged GST even in Canada, they are PST exempt. If you bring a complete bike from US to Canada, and it is not made in North America, then the duty rate is 6.x%, definitely not 30%. You should never be paying PST on bikes or bike parts. The last two times I brought bikes into Canada, I only had to pay the GST even though I knew that I should have had to pay duty also. But many times the duty is skipped/ignored.
If you are crossing 'only' into Pt. Roberts, you HAVE to declare everything, or else there is a very high chance they will find it if you try and sneak anything across. The risk is really not worth it to save a few bucks, even a hundred bucks. The border guards there literally have not much better to do, and they are usually the younger guards there so they tend to not to be as lax as the ones in Blaine.
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11-24-2009, 11:01 PM
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#36 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Originally Posted by syee I use Security Mail Services in Blaine. I like them because they're open on weekends till 2PM. It's the only time I can really go.
They charge $2.50 a package and $10 one time registration for general delivery. I also have a mailbox there (about $8/month) so it's $2 a package and anything via USPS is free.
The best thing with having a mailbox is that they offer a "drop box" service where they'll put your stuff in a larger lock box and you can get to it at any time (they have a 24 hour access code for the door so you can get your stuff even if it's closed) They charge an additional $4 for that option but at least you're not stuck with going during opening hours.
Only thing that sucks about Blaine is the border wait. (I would highly recommend Nexus and even then, it's sometimes a good 20-30 min wait)
As for OP's question, like others have said, no brokerage fee and no tire levy to be paid. Duty might need to be paid depending on where your tires are made.
I've had tires (from Tirerack) shipped to the mailbox and they'll just tape the tires in pairs and tape a label onto it. | I'll give a  to Security Mail as well... I've been using them for a few years now. Never ever had a problem...
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11-25-2009, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kayceeee so u brought it back to vancouver n mount them yourself right?
how did the package come from TR and did u declare it when u crossed the border?
cuz im planning to do the same thing pretty soon | The tires were mounted to the wheels; the wheels were covered by cardboard...then 8 straps held it in place. 4 seperate labels with 4 different tracking numbers; bill of sale emailed to me as well as being taped to one of the wheels. bolts were included...taped to the inside of one of the wheels. tires i can see...wheels were covered and protected...had to take the packaging apart.
threw them in the back of my car and drove to the border.
I did declare it at the border..not gonna mess around with them...
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11-25-2009, 08:19 PM
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#38 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by Kalize The tires were mounted to the wheels; the wheels were covered by cardboard...then 8 straps held it in place. 4 seperate labels with 4 different tracking numbers; bill of sale emailed to me as well as being taped to one of the wheels. bolts were included...taped to the inside of one of the wheels. tires i can see...wheels were covered and protected...had to take the packaging apart.
threw them in the back of my car and drove to the border.
I did declare it at the border..not gonna mess around with them... |
so basically it comes rim+tire and in 4 separate boxes?
and how much did the border guys tax u?
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11-25-2009, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kayceeee so basically it comes rim+tire and in 4 separate boxes?
| ya, it comes in 4 boxes. im tracking my order right now, and it shows 4 packages.
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11-25-2009, 10:03 PM
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11-25-2009, 11:13 PM
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#41 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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theres no boxes if you buy a wheel an tire package. its just open tire and cardboard to protect the wheels
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11-26-2009, 01:03 AM
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#42 | | G'd up! w000weee
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i went 2 weeks ago to grab $800 worth of stuff...they charged me gst and pst
i went again last week to grab $300 worth of stuff...they charged me nothing, the customs officer just told me to carry on. sweet!
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11-26-2009, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by kayceeee so basically it comes rim+tire and in 4 separate boxes?
and how much did the border guys tax u? | no boxes...just a cardboard piece covering the rim...the tires/rims were mounted and balanced; paid only gst and pst; total cdn at the end of the day was $1200; bought them for the E90
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11-26-2009, 10:50 AM
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#44 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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the letter carrier in pt roberts stash all the tires in the parking lot. I don't know if thats good or bad, but anyone can just grab them. and when it rains, its not covered, so your tires will have puddles of water inside them.
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11-26-2009, 11:10 AM
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#45 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by alex.w *// the letter carrier in pt roberts stash all the tires in the parking lot. I don't know if thats good or bad, but anyone can just grab them. and when it rains, its not covered, so your tires will have puddles of water inside them. | Does that happen with all the mailbox services? Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-26-2009, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mmmk i went 2 weeks ago to grab $800 worth of stuff...they charged me gst and pst
i went again last week to grab $300 worth of stuff...they charged me nothing, the customs officer just told me to carry on. sweet! | $800 is pretty excessive, not surprised you got charged
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