McMaster-Carr--says no to Canadians

[Mike Hull]

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The biggest thing shippers can do for supply customers is to be careful not to declare the value higher than actual and also not to insure for extra. We get dinged on the higher of - the enclosed invoice - the declared value - the insured value - the value arbitrarily assigned by an inspector.

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Rob!

The reason for part of that, I'm sure, is, the shippers don't break their insurance coverage down below whole figures.
If you ship something worth $125.00 for example, you can't buy insurance to just cover that amount. it has to be $200.00 coverage, or if the shipper is willing to take the loss if it comes up missing in customs, $100.00 insurance. Why should the shipper hang themselves out to dry.

Now if the suppliers/insurer are doubling the insurance in the hopes of making a killing on stolen shipments, then I can see the concern, as it would cost you that much more in taxes.

 

[theunknowncook]

Ivan_Campos,
I bet some Canada Border Services Agency(CBSA) agent is enjoying your knife. (Why would he buy a nice folding knife, especially an illegal knife in Canada, when he can steal yours?) :grumpy:
I used to see those BATF agents swaggering about when they were training at the FLETC. :thumbdn:
It seems that federal agents, Canadian, & U.S., seem to become like Eric Theodore Cartman on South Park and relish their positions of authority, "You Will Respect My Authoritah![sic]

 

[Protactical]

Here is something a cycling webseller posted on their website:

"We have had to cancel our toll free phone service to Canada. Our domestic rate for incoming calls is 5¢ per minute. For Canadian calls it was 37¢. On our most recent phone bill Canadian calls accounted for 25% of the dollars while only being 6% of the minutes. When we are on the phone with people we like take the time to make sure we have satisfied all of their curiosities. At 5¢ we don't feel the clock ticking. At 37¢ we hear it loud and clear. "

What can you say? They get nicely detailed little bills explaining how expensive everything is, and then they make a business decision.