Trying to figure out tariffs for sending into the US was non functional on the Canada Post site, it will give me a code number for the class of goods but no estimate of duties.
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Trying to figure out tariffs for sending into the US was non functional on the Canada Post site, it will give me a code number for the class of goods but no estimate of duties. Then saw this little notice on the site.
Of course there's an app you need to use. Ugh.
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Here's the detailled info on the Canada Post page if you'd like to read.
Clicking "get the app" gives you this page,
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Smuggle things into the US across the forests and ship them from the first US post office.
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A few more clicks and more explanations provided:
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@GustavinoBevilacqua I'm thinking homing pigeons might work.
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G gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org shared this topic
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Homing Canadian gees can carry a lot more.
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So I need to change my product pages to charge US customers perhaps 40-50% more to compensate for the effort.
I need to get the Zonos app, set up an account and payment method, enter order details, pay the 35% duty, then go to the post office (where they already get easily confused by QR-codes for pre-configured shipping) and show them yet another QR code and then I can ship.
I guess many makers will just be removing the sell-to-USA option from our operation.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua They will get your goods to the US, but they'll fight the customer who wants to pick them up.
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…I guess, being an Android App to pre-pay US tariffs through the app before shipping, that would mean Google gets a cut of that payment too.
So – I'm not going to ship my little gizmos to USA anymore. I'd have to charge 5-10x the price (typically about $3 each) just to make it worth my while for time spent with extra apps, accounts and junk.
I'm guessing this mess will all go away in a few months (or years?).
