Sorry, Garth, but my experiences and those of my best friend, who lives in
Brampton, are quite different. I`d be more than happy to do the shipping for
you on my frequent jauntls to the GTA.
Earl
Garth Wood wrote:
> At 08:49 PM 08/05/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Garth if you are any where near Niagara Falls, NY - you could always just
> >ship from there instead of Canada. Why are you concerned about shipping from
> >Canada? I live near Niagara Falls and I see tons of Canadians coming across
> >to mail stuff.
>
> Er, no. I live in Edmonton, Alberta, which is about 600 kilometres north
> of the border with Montana.
>
> More importantly, because Canada Customs is staffed with the offspring of
> idiots studying to be morons, there is no simple way of keeping said
> offspring from assuming that, on the return leg of any journey my precious
> Zuikos might take from being maintained in the U.S., I'm not actually
> importing lenses which I did not previously own. In other words, they'd
> assume I just bought them used, and would assess taxes, duties, etc., etc.,
> etc. Maintaining Oly equipment in Canada is increasingly difficult. And
> NAFTA's largely a joke when it comes to the movement of goods across the
> border, and worse when you're trying to purchase services south of the border.
>
>
> Garth
>
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