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Originally Posted by bc-chris
when i was doing a bunch of work on my truck i bought a ton of stuff from the states and had it shipped to orville (washington) and then just went and picked it up
yes i had to pay tax and duty.... and i still saved thousands (yes... thousands) of dollars
the one time going thru the border into the states the border guard was being a complete goof and didn't believe i was just going across to pickup truck parts. i asked her if she ever checked canadian vs american prices (this was when the canadian dollar was at par with the usd). she said 'no' and i showed her the receipts for what i was bringing back and informed her that in that one trip i was saving almost $2000. she just looked at me with a blank stare and told me to go ahead
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I love goof border guards. I travel quite a bit between the two countries, but sometimes you just come across guards who cannot compute a Canadian living in the USA. Well why don't you have a US Passport sir? Where's your greencard sir? OMG you silly people.
The worst is coming to the USA from Mexico or Europe. Holy moly, it's like their computers have a meltdown trying to explain I'm Canadian but I live in the USA.