Re: Data*** Fluff

In article <ekn2p311u7u7hl4p94839alu2ir71iu6ju@xxxxxxx>, D from BC
says...
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:36:21 -0500, Robert Adsett
<sub2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <p8p1p3l021ntj7v7411gdne9fmrcsjrbmr@xxxxxxx>, D from BC
says...
I'll be buying about $10000 in equipment in the next year or two..
I figure it's worth doing the homework to become a broker.
(Ex: How I pay customs the GST and PST)
Involves a fax bounce?? .. Ugh... :(
Cancelled my land line, sold my fax modem and only use a cell.
I have no idea if I can fax with my cell phone linked to my computer.
(No data cable too.)
I think I can only 'fax out' using a web to fax service. (10 cents a
fax.)
Dunno if I can do fax free brokering...

Sure drive out to UPS's import compound and pick up the import
paperwork. Drive over to wherever the customs clearance it set up, fill
out the required forms and get the proper clearance information in
return and drive it back to UPS. Simple :)

It might be cheaper and faster just to use Staples for faxing.

Really the hardest part is probably figuring out items like the SIC if
they haven't been filled in, or country of origin. It really doesn't
take long though to eat up the brokerage charge.

Robert




D from BC
British Columbia
Canada.


Import compound? Huh...

Do I tell an E*bay seller (US) to ship the package to the closest UPS
import compound (BC) for pickup?

No, the compound is just a stop on the way not a destination. It can
even be a virtual location if the package can be cleared before it
arrives.

I suppose somehow UPS has to be told not to invoice me for GST, PST
nor brokerage.

You pay that along with any duty owing. Actually they may just leave
you to pay PST on your honour.

Robert

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