A little help, please: Shipping silver bullion from the US to Canada ?

pendragon1998

Can someone walk me through how it would work to ship silver bullion (rounds, bars) from the USA to Canada. Value would be less than US$1000. I've never done that before, but I have a potential buyer who was asking about it via a forum I'm on (so it's not an eBay transaction).

I was thinking that I'd ask for payment via paypal, which I think has a 3.9% transaction fee for cross border payments. How would I want to ship that so that I could track the delivery and get appropriate insurance? What kind of customs form would I fill out?

Thanks for the info!

DoubleEagle59

Might not work out for your Canadian buyer.

If you insure the package (as I'm sure you'll want to), I'm pretty sure your Canadian buyer will have to pay 13% Customs fee when he receives the shipment.

In regards to how you ship it, I'm afraid I can't help you out as I'm in Canada.

pendragon1998

Bump for monday. I would appreciate a little more help from someone in the US who's shipped to the cold 51st state

topaz77

Not sure how strict your PO is, but the one I go to is quite specific about following regulations. They don't allow coins, currency, bullion, etc.
There is probably a way to get around it, but I just wasn't creative enough to come up with a way.

Hope this helps and good luck.

Here is a link to USPS for shipping Intl.

Shipping to Canada

AUandAG

If the silver is Canadian in origin it is not taxed. Otherwise it is probably a waste of
time for the both of you. He can get it cheaper in Canada and you would not have the
hassle. Just sell in on our BST.
bob

pendragon1998

I'm not going to do the Canada sale. I think it's going to be too much hassle for both of us. Thanks guys.

OPA

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That is also true for some European Countries...just not worth the hassle