Rat Pack Knife Question

[Munky88]

Shipping knives and guns internationally is a somewhat messy task. I don't blame you for avoiding the pitfalls. For anyone interested in attempting it, checkout:

http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/welcome.htm


For high value shipments, I'd recommend FedEx, or the USPS's GXG service, in which the final delivery is done by FedEx, not the foreign postal system. Also they have embedded customs in their own facilities. It's faster, more secure, and less prone to theft. Knives shouldn't be too bad, but prices start around $26 and go up sharply.

DO NOT ship it fedex or UPS. They tack on a 50 dollar minimum once it gets here.

USPS ground is best for Canada for avoiding taxes and terifts. There shouldn't be any terifts, but try telling that to canada post...

 

[Dizwolf]

DO NOT ship it fedex or UPS. They tack on a 50 dollar minimum once it gets here.

USPS ground is best for Canada for avoiding taxes and terifts. There shouldn't be any terifts, but try telling that to canada post...

I said secure and legal, not cheap. Also was recommending for other countries where there are significant theft issues. Each countries laws and tarriffs are significantly diffrent. Importing to the us for example, is a hit or miss thing as far as paying duties goes on individual shipments.

I posted more to show the cluster of international shipping headaches, as each country varies wildly

 

[LMT66]

DO NOT ship it fedex or UPS. They tack on a 50 dollar minimum once it gets here.

USPS ground is best for Canada for avoiding taxes and terifts. There shouldn't be any terifts, but try telling that to canada post...

I bought a knife from England that was a pretty penny. UPS charged me a SUBSTANTIAL amount of money.

Some text i found after that experience regarding UPS (FEDUP is the same):

"A customs broker is a consultant or private business — not a government agency — who expedites an international shipment through the customs office of the recipient's nation. The recipient (or sometimes the sender) pays the broker a fee for ensuring all the paperwork is in order and that the proper custom duties (if any) are levied. The recipient then pays any duties to the government's customs office separately from the broker's fee (sometimes through the broker). The broker makes a profit from the fees collected.
UPS acts as its own customs broker. Thus, this "service" is another profit-center for UPS."

 

[PayetteRucker]

dude if you want your knife to go to the 'stan any of us would bend over backwards to make it happen. Never had the opportunity to go myself, though I begged for it, and I made damned sure every rifle going through our shop overseas was in factory new condition before it left, even if it wasn't going to stay that way once it got there.