Anyone with Importing experience?

[golf nut]

Are you going to Japanese engineer a Japanese product?

[banditpowdercoat]

LOL, no Canadian Engineer a Chinese product . More so, adapt them for ease of use on our standard systems and redistribute
It's not makin cool parts outa PVC (YET) but it's a start

[lockrookie]

the only importing that i have done in the past was importing my wife..its amazing what you find on ebay these days.. seriously tho imported her from newyork wish i could be more help

[Bryan]

If you decide to ship by UPS, be aware of the following brokerage fees and hidden costs that they don't tell you about. Fedx and the other courier companies are the same.

http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shi...ration+Charges

Find out how they will ship these items and from there it all depends on how fast you want the item. I have imported items from a few countries. If you want to use the Biss import number it may speed things up. I have received items from China in less time that it took from Idaho on a couple of occasions. Biss import numbers are use for companies that are importing large volumes. It is suppose to speed things up you get charged the import fee and brokerage fee though a system that the Biss import number is attached to. I would not use UPS as they charge extra on both ends in brokerage fees and coming up from the US they are some times no faster than USPS's international parcel post.

Bill

[banditpowdercoat]

Thx for the link Bryan, I always wondered how UPS figured their overcharge amounts. I KNOW they are CROOKS. I've preached high and wide about how NOT to use UPS. But for something like this, I just don't know what other company to choose from? I can try Fed-Ex, not sure if we have a depot in my town though.

[Ron99]

IME FedEx and DHL were much more reasonable than UPS. I think FedEx generally charged around $15 as a brokerage fee and DHL was similar.