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Originally Posted by Pnutjr
I've ordered stuff from the US - including Bulk Reef Supply - and sent it to Ship Happens. It's in Sumas so for you folks in the city it might be a little far but to those in Surrey, White Rock, and the Valley its great!. It's a company that has a US postal address. You use your name with their address and send it to them. Hop across the border, pick-up your stuff for $4.00 (they have to make a living too) then cross back. I park and walk across in Abbotsford. The 176 crossing isn't far either. Even if (depends on the Border Agent - heh  ) I pay GST and PST  it sure beats the shipping cost the Bulk Reef charges you to Canada. After all, they ship for free in teh states I believe! Check it out: http://www.shiphappenssumas.com/
Maybe theres one near the Peace Arch too?? So for a little bit of your time (I've done it in an hour walking across) you do save some money! Hhmm....I wonder what the Border Services would think of a group order with all those chemicals???? |
I have a box in Pt. Roberts and I've made a lot of runs across the border for all kinds of stuff. The issue with the large quantities of bulk chemicals that you'd have for a group buy would be that any cautious customs inspector would understandedbly be very suspicious about them. Granted reef chemicals don't have the explosive potential that FW planted tank chemicals have (e.g. KNO3), but as a former border cop I can tell you that I'd be checking into things further if a guy had a barrel of fine white powder in a passenger vehicle.