That's what I did, became my own brokerage, and as a broker ran through fed ex. I declared the items as props for a movie.
Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Jul 31, 2017 10:36 PM, "Adrian Stoness via cctech" <cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > call a broker > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Ian McLaughlin via cctech < > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > There may be no duties or tariffs, however you may have to pay sales > taxes > > on the value of the machine, so make sure you have paperwork showing how > > much you paid for the machine, or paperwork showing it is a gift. > > > > (This is the case for me bringing in hardware from the USA into Canada) > > > > Ian > > > > > On Jul 31, 2017, at 7:22 PM, Marc Howard via cctech < > > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > I had a similar issue many years back (re)importing a pinball machine > > from > > > Canada. It was held in customs for a few hours (they thought it was a > > > gambling machine) until I casually mentioned that it was built in > > > Bensonville, IL and say so on the playfield. No problems after that. > > > > > > If you're re-importing something that was previously made in the USA > then > > > there are no customs duties. > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Michael Thompson via cctech < > > > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > >> The RICM has an opportunity to get a PDP-8/M (built in Maynard, MA) > > that is > > >> in Canada. I remember that there was a discussion on the procedure > here, > > >> but I can't find it with Google. > > >> > > >> Can you either point me to the discussion, or tell me what the > procedure > > >> is? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Michael Thompson > > >> > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam > > here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid= > > 3FB1C53E766011E7AD1CEA3A93ED0201 > > > > >
