What am I expected to pay....

[sullygully]

I'm looking to buy a wheel and tire combo from wheelsnext. Mainly because shipping is free to Canada, and their price works out to be close to 500 dollars cheaper then if i were to buy it from Canada.

My question is this: Has anyone had a wheel and tire combo shipped to them from an american retailer, and if so, how much duty/border charges did you pay, or how much should i expect to pay?

Thanks

[brandon]

I just finished paying $140 for fedex's duties.. wheels came from florida.

[thanatos1111]

Here's a quick tip that will Save you CASH... order the rims from the states either off ebay or whatever and ship them to the UPS warehouse at Sweetgrass MT. They charge 5 bucks CAD to warehouse your shipment for 30 days, and you're allowed 3 boxes per shipment, and another dollar for every extra box. Bring your reciept to the border and pay the GST on the rims, and you're home free..... NEVER get anything shipped over the border by UPS, FEDEX, or DHL. They charge brokerage fees that are way more than double the cost of gas to drive to the border and back. Odds are some companies even ship to the 49 States for free..... This should be a sticky somewhere, it'll save us all a lot of money.

[infected]

Just got my tire/rim package from Tire Rack and DHT charged me $150.

[sullygully]

Well the wheels i wanted are no longer in stock, so looks like i'll be going through 1010tires instead. Thanks for all the help anyways

[Annoyingrob]

I suggest also checking out tiretrends

[Team_Mclaren]

tirerack has some great deals as well if you are wiling to go pick them up. Or i can go get them for you.

[zain123]

i was looking at a package as well at wheelsnext.com
is any beyonder willing to make a trip down anytime soon??
we should all order once then and just pay the guy some money

[thanatos1111]

Word of warning about buying stuff and getting someone else to pick them up for you.... You MUST have a written piece of paper authorizing so-and-so to import the items and pay GST on them.... They get pissy when you don't have that. I went to the border once to pick up my dad's and my stuff, and when I produced the ebay receipts they wanted that little slip of paper from my dad saying I could import the stuff for him. They let it slip by but I think if you did a group purchase and the importing guy didn't have all his papers, he'd get turned away or he'd get hit with some kind of fine..... Just FYI.