[Vic S]

I shipped a pair of shoes to a girlfriend in Montreal (I'm in California) for her birthday and put on the card that the shoes were worth over $250. She had to pay a duty of $75 (if I remember correctly). How does this North American Free Trade stuff work?

[central_va]

How does this North American Free Trade stuff work?

It works like this: picture an employed factory worker with an executive pissing down his back and telling him its raining.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

holy crap.. and don’t try to send booze to Canada. they will snatch it up and be sippin by 5

[Bulwyf]

Your first problem is having a girlfriend in that cesspool of a city.

Other than that, the socialist jerks in Ottawa like to make sure they make money on any cross border shopping, or everyone would go south of the line and not a soul would buy a damn thing in this overpriced socialist cesspool (Canada, minus Alberta and Saskatchewan).

So anything over a certain dollar amount, they simply make you pay duty on it. Hurray!