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i'm still on a roll at pt roberts and have yet to be asked to pay for duty. i used to be constantly hassled by the US border side when doing a blaine pickup. |
Anyone heard of Kinek? They dont have an annual fee. Shipping to Blaine, Washington | Ship to the Border |
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Both TSB and letter carrier raised their fees by approx 50c Also noticed this on the TSB website Quote:
Either way it doesn't really make a difference for the savings that are the reason we choose to buy from the states. I do appreciate that recycling cardboard is now free though, if you have a small car like me you might have to unpack your packages before you can fit it in. Does anyone use point to point parcel? It's the first one IIRC when you cross the border, good if you're walking over haha |
I've had similar experience with PR Canada border agents. The last 3-4 years, I have not had to pay tax or anything on stuff up to about $400. Before then though, I remember getting pulled in to pay tax on a $9.99 Ebay item, lol. It used to be so bad that anything over $50 I would ship to Blaine because the agents there almost never charge tax on the way back for under $300/person. I've never used TLC in PR, always used TSB up til about 3 years ago when their rates increased the first time. I've been using the parcel receiving at Shell now www.prshell.com as they are open 7 days a week, and available to pickup as early as 7am. The odd time I've shipped to Blaine, I use Blaine Enterprises they have no annual fee as far as I know. |
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In regards to the whole border agent thing, I'm always paranoid that I'm going to get called in whenever I cross with goods around 500$, but with the exception of one package costing 500$ I haven't been pulled in once. I have considered going to Blaine and using Hagens with their yearly service fee, but PR is much closer to me and easier to deal with Nexus as AFAIK they're the only border that'll allow you to verbally declare your goods as a Nexus user. |
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for shipping to Hagen of Blaine, How do you put your customer # to your shipping address when ordering? just put that # after your last name when making online order? |
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I've also used Security Mail Services, which is pretty good too. Only $10 initiation fee and $2.50 per parcel, pretty cheap. |
I've never used Hagen's before and I want to try in the future. I don't do much online shopping and mailing to blaine but I have a question. Do I need to pay the annual fee? I read on their website its possible to not opt in? |
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i was tempted not to pay the fee this year but i've had a bunch of friends use my account too so i was like screw it, just pay it |
Used Haagen before....but did not opt for the annual fee this time. Shipping a tiny package, so should be the $3.50 price... Any major difference between TSB and Letter Carrier? Or would either one be basically the same? |
^I use the Shell at PR. If it's a piece of mail, they only charge $1.00. Their hours are waaay more flexible than TSB or TLC. Overall pricing is better too. www.prshell.com |
How's traffic heading into and back from point roberts at 7 in the morning? I might start shipping to the shell since my hours are 9-5 but I work all the way in port moody -.- |
Has anyone tried using Mail Boxes International? 1685 H Street Blaine, WA 98230 Mailboxes Int'l - Blaine, WA tia |
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i use Mailboxes International all the time. They also email you when your package arrives and its just 2.50 per package to pick up. |
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