Another reason why I return to cigar.com

Here's a great site Mountnoir found!

http://vegassantiago.com/canada.htm

Looks like it maybe a losing cause in many respects my friends....

Damn shame

ahh, the price to pay for something soooo perfect :roll:

Yes indeed Axe....Just like us trollin for the fruits of Castro's island

LOL!!! Exactly!!!!!!!

montnoir said:

Instead of paying customs charges, it might be cheaper for me to just make the hour and a half ride trip to buffalo and pick up some cigars there and bring it back to Canada.

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Careful - they will take them at the border if you don't claim them and if you do they will tax you.
that said you can get caught 2 out of 3 times and still break even.

On a side note :wink: I've sent a few packages of golf grips to Canada
seems they have no problem with Golf Grips :wink:

golf grips, very interesting

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I deal with that same kind of crap every time I cross the border from Mexico back into California. The border agent always plays 20 questions with me as if he's gonna catch me in a lie. You gotta love SUV's nowadays with all the little places to hide otherwise legal items. I always find it funny when I get a U.S. customs agent that doesn't speak english too well. A friend of mine does it nicely...he always goes down to the duty-free shops at the border which by law you have to drive into Mexico and back into the states for a purchase to be valid. The van that follows him to the border always goes back before he crosses so he simply does a U-turn and forgoes any unnecessary search and interrogation. So far he has gotten away with it but he's just a lucky SOB.

Once my friend leaves the duty free shop in California, the van follows him to the border. The driver from one particular shop is lazy and within a 1/2 mile of the border crossing he turns back and returns to the shop. There is one spot that has no fencing where my friend makes the u-turn. There's no security in that area during the day as they concentrate on the mass of traffic entering the U.S. Otherwise, with the security enforced post 9/11, you're looking at a 1 1/2 to 3 hr wait at the border. If I happen to visit the duty free shops, I usually just walk across because it is a lot quicker. Of course, this limits the quantity you can bring back, but it's much safer. :angel:

I have had some bad problems in alberta as well. We only pay GST and the cigar tax, but lately ive also been charged PST (provincial sales tax) which alberta doesnt even have. So I have had to mail in for a refunds for that.

cigar.com purchase: 200.00

after a 300 dollar purchase i ended up paying 400$ canadian in extra fees. which is more than double !