Buying used audio equipment in peron in Canada


Anyone has ever bought used audio equipment in person in Canada and took it back to USA ? What is the cost associated with that. What taxes do you pay at the border ? What if you paid cash ? 
Thanks !

slyniwa

Showing 1 response by coltrane1

I’ve had high dollar archtop guitars, delivered across the BC border by owners who sold them to me. They don’t declare anything, namely because the guitars were made in America. I’ve driven high dollar amplifiers across the border myself, and simply expressed I was sampling it against an audiophile’s amplifier I was considering in trade. Yes I lied. Lying is what we humans do. I lie, you lie, everyone lies. Since the amp was made in America there’s no duty because it’s originally made here. But if you tell an unconvincing lie, be prepared for consequences.