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Anyone familiar w brining speakers in from Canada

Hi, hope this post is ok here in the forum.

I'm very interested in buying speakers from a member across the border in Canada and could simply drive over there and pick them up. Would save me the shipping cost and paypal fees.

Are any of you familiar with any cost associated with importing used speakers into the US? I assume duty or tax would have to be paid. Not sure though if they'd even be interested in checking out what's in the car as I'd just be another guy with a German passport going to the Casino in Windsor.

Would appreciate any input as I don't want myself to get into trouble.

Thanks
krauti

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tobias
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I have to say my experience bears out the above comments re German passports. I went across with a pal once and we were delayed for hours. That was back in the Bush days, though. Things were tenser then. Today security seems just as tight but folks have been a lot less uptight... where I cross at least.

Uptight at the border or not, I have never had any problems taking gear across from Canada for a U.S. sale. IMHO that's the very best way to do it if you must ship ground. A delay only happened once, when I had no documentation on the goods.
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