[lonewolf]

I thought I would post this for all of us here in Canada.
After reading some posts by others.
I've been shipping and recieving parts for quite a while now and will share some tips for you .

If someone is sending you a letter/payment/envelope.
Have them send it by just regular mail.make sure it's correct postage but still just regular old mail ,nothing fancy.

US priority or any other form of their faster mail never gets here any faster than regular mail.
Unless they pay for the big buck overnight reg mail is just fine.
It takes what it takes.
I've had mail from back east get here in 2 days ,sometimes2weeks.
same with anything closer. It is what it is .
There is the security of registered I guess but
I have never not recieved a piece of mail in 25years.

Shipping .
For us up here mail is the cheapest going to the US.
anything 1k and under goes "small package". 0-250g 5.00,250g-500g8.00,501g-1000g12.00.
I can ship a small part to Hawaii for 5+.00 but to Toronto 15.00 so be carefull.
Anything over that in any box use expedited parcel post. It's the mails cheapest service and cheaper than any other courior we have to choose from.
Only 1 simple form to fill out
It's trackable and parts get there in 5-7days.
Everything goes by cube weight or actual weight .whatever costs more so carefull on your box size.

Customs.
Anything coming up here that is over 20.00 has to clear customs. There can be a brokerage charge.
The mail only charges 5.00 brokerage fee not 50 like UPS or others
Then there could be other charges.
The mail though isn't as sticky as others and in my cases parts over 20 get here with no charges . Most times I ask seller to put .... on the package slip so I don't have to worry about it.

To the States the parcel has to be over 200.00
If the parcel coming here is under 20.00 and going there under 199.00 then there is no customs at all.
That saves a lot of time .
I sent a gas tank to chicago and it took a week.

The above goes with shipping worldwide as well. canadapost is the cheapest and easiest.

So if you want to save time and money shipping, you know what to do.