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muskyhunter

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Any buying advice for Canadians? The local dealers (warriors and wonders / bushcraft / S&R) are more expensive compared to the US. Looking at a ESEE 6.


WW = $150.34 (+13% tax and shipping)
Bushcraft = $157 (+13% tax, free shipping)
S&R Knives = $157 (+ tax, local pickup, no stock)

Any Canadians order from TKC or New Graham? NG has better pricing but TNK has $6 shipping.

TKC = $121 + $6 shipping
NG = $111.25 + shipping TBD

The difference is about $35 - $50 depending if I get taxed at the border. Not allot with regards to $ but the percentage saved is allot.
 
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Shipping from the U.S. is usually about $30 for me, so I try to order $300+ worth of stuff at a time. If you just want the ESEE and nothing else you may as well get it inside the country.
The cheap shipping option with USPS usually takes 3-4 weeks to get here.
Of course, given that our mail system is out of order for the moment, shipping with UPS from the U.S. may be a better option (as long as you know they won't hit you with the $50 brokerage fee).

Customs has no problems with fixed blades as long as it doesn't have a knuckle guard (sometimes double edges get stopped, sometimes not).
 
If it takes 3-4 weeks from NG and TKC I'll pay more and order from bushcraft. Any CND buyer experiences from TKC or NG?
 
I was in the same boat recently when wanting to buy an ESEE Junglas. The US price was what I thought at the time was quite a bit less expensive, Save $20.00 after paying Shipping of $35.00.
Once I started making inquiries State side, the best price I could find they did not have stock and could not give me an idea of when they would have a Junglas in stock.
Taking under consideration that I have dealt with Jay at W&W and the customer service has always been top notch, and I would have saved $20.00. Then I waited until I had a couple of items to order, one of which was my new Para 2 with the Carpenter CTS-20CP steel, at a great price I might add and that I would have ordered on its own any way!!!
With combining shipping on these items I might have saved $10.00.
Jay has certainly earned the $10.00 in customer service.
I always want to save a buck, but once you do all your home work in some cases, it will pay to support you local business, as long as they deserve it…………………….
wcmd.
 
What does tkc stand for, $6 shipping is amazing. In tired of using say srk and paying $15 shipping for say a $30 knife.
 
Where do you live?, muskyhunter? If you're within driving distance of the border, you have a few options:
- rent a USPS PO Box and ship to there: You can rent these online...they start at around $30 for 6 months, but the PO box isn't activated until you show up for the first time and pick up your key. Caveat: most courier services won't deliver to a PO box, and if your box fills up with mail or you have a package waiting for more than a week, they give you a warning, after which they cancel your box.
- rent a private mailbox. There are many private businesses close to the border that run private mailbox services. They'll accept courier mail and don't require you to pick up mail once per week, but they're generally more expensive. For example, there is "The Mail Carrier" in Point Roberts, WA, which is only a 30-45 minute drive from Vancouver, B.C. There are others too in Point Roberts with varying prices and pickup policies, and there are some in Blaine, WA too (also close to Vancouver, B.C.)
- do a one-time pickup at a private mailbox business. Most of these mailbox businesses allow you to ship to their street address and just hang on to your stuff in the back until you come and pick it up for a per-box fee, usually. The caveat here is that the security checks aren't stellar...some places don't even verify your ID or name when you pick up a package, although the chances that someone will know your name exactly and when you're expecting a package is pretty slim.

Note that when you drive back across the border, you might get dinged by customs for duties because, presumably, you wouldn't have stayed in the US for long enough to be tax-exempt. I think the exemption is $50 per person after a 24-hour stay, and then more after a 48-hour stay. Recently though, they haven't been very strict and use their discretion to just let you through unless you have a huge purchase.

Good luck.
 
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