Re: America and Canada

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 07:10:08 +0000, Simon Williams wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, I've noticed that a fair number of US eBay
> sellers charge us Canadians extra for filling out customs forms... up
> here we just have to tell the postmaster/mistress what's in the box and
> how much it's worth. Is US customs that much more complicated, or is
> this just a cash-grab on the part of the sellers? (not to single-out the
> Americans, just personal experience)

I think it's a cash grab. All we have to do is fill out a form stating
what's in the package and what it is worth. It takes me about 30 seconds
to fill it out, I'd guess.