SKBarbour wrote:
Well, here's another thread that went south quickly. (Groan now)
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Hire a customs broker, mandatory. Get a Secure Carrier Authorization Code (70$, 20 minutes) Fill out the forms the broker sends, including a NAFTA certificate. Make an invoice including the value of the guitars, who's buying them, who you are etc. (your life will be easier if they are already paid for) you may have to pay duty on cases and accessories Give all your passport stats to the broker who will file an electronic manifest on your behalf Fill out Lacey PPQ-505's for each instrument and email to broker (who will scan them and include them in his e-transmission to the border peeps... Load up, cross fingers, and drive through the commercial lane. Hope your broker did their stuff right. Ours didn't and we nearly had to go home, but fortunately we had a benevolent badge who helped us instead of telling us to take a hike (and we got to keep our pants on the whole time)...who knew a zero in a manifest code could be so troublesome? Mail hard copies of your PPQ 505's to USDA after the dust settles. Overall fees, about 400$, but spread over eight guitars, better than shipping. We will do it again.... |
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| Author: | Chameleon [ Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Hmm, I thought maybe tequila, but I suppose that would be boring. |
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| Author: | SKBarbour [ Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Well, here's another thread that went south quickly. (Groan now) |
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| Author: | joe white [ Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
SKBarbour wrote: Well, here's another thread that went south quickly. (Groan now)
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Why, oh why, would anyone drink Canadian whiskey? Coming from a guy who'll be touring Islay's distilleries on Tuesday.... 
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
meddlingfool wrote: Why, oh why, would anyone drink Canadian whiskey? Coming from a guy who'll be touring Islay's distilleries on Tuesday.... I can think of 26 good reasons!! Alex |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Ree-diculous. Come on, it's just a couple of guitars. At my border, they might open them with crowbars to check for bundles. |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Ummmm.... That was your border.... |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Canadian whiskey sucks. |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
meddlingfool wrote: Coming from a guy who'll be touring Islay's distilleries on Tuesday.... That sounds like fun. Don't forget your Scottish-English translation dictionary. 
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Driving guitars across the border pt. 2- Easy Peezy... |
Och aye... |
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