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Thread Number: 42041
Hoover model # 0510... for a price! |
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| Post# 619135 , Reply# 1 8/22/2012 at 08:20 (4,257 days old) by fido () | ||
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Category? Since it was listed under tin toy vehicles I'm not surprised nobody else bought it! | ||
| Post# 619255 , Reply# 2 8/22/2012 at 16:21 (4,257 days old) by barcoboy (Canada) | ||
Happy for you unclejohn, and no worries about "stealing it" from me!
I am actually in the process of acquiring the 0519 that Launderess found in thread #42001. It's in northen New York state, not too far across the border from Cornwall, Ontario. Have been exchanging emails with the seller, and she is supposed to get back to me tonight with the condition the unit is in (she thinks it might need a belt) as well as the exact dimensions to see if it will fit in my car. From the pictures and the seller's description, it looks to be in pretty good shape, and comes with the original owners manual. It's about four hours away from me, so I'm willing to drive that far to pick it up for $45, and the customs shouldn't bother me with taxes on that little amount. It's not my 0510, but it's a good way to start my collection! | ||
| Post# 619385 , Reply# 4 8/23/2012 at 01:48 (4,256 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
No offense but Canada has some seriously screwedup customs for anything coming from US. One thing maybe to tax new manufactured goods, to protect internal industry. They probably got the idea from US. But 50yo collectibles?
I may be talking out my bum. What if Canada wanted to send me an antique? Would US tag it for a gouge? I can't say "not" with authority. Can tell you, a friend collected some working but obsolete US computers for a school in Mexico. Pure charity, school for the disabled. He even had a document from the US Mexican consulate. When he tried to cross the border, the agents wanted a fee (bribe) to let them in. So they sat packaged in my garage for a year until he found an agent to transport them without paying 3 figures. I'm talking out my bum again, expecting anything governments do to make sense. | ||
Post# 619489 , Reply# 5 8/23/2012 at 12:36 (4,256 days old) by vacbear58  (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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@ barcodeboy
Assuming that the US hoovermatic is more or less the same size as the UK one, it will eaily fit into ven a small hatch back. I recently passed one of these onto another member and it easily fitted into the back of my Honda Insight Hatchback. with room to spare. On that basis it should easily fit in the back of a Honda Civic/Mazda 3/Ford Focus sized vehicle - on its back of course.
Al | ||
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Post# 619525 , Reply# 6 8/23/2012 at 15:24 (4,256 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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 There is no "duty" or customs fees on goods manufactured in the US or Mexico and some other countries coming into Canada although you could be hit with sales tax on how much you paid. However UPS and FedEx charge " customs brokerage" fees when you have them ship it to you unless the shipper denotes on the shipping waybill that you want to clear the goods yourself, which is free.. You just go to the UPS or FedEX office and get a copy of the shipping document, take it to the customs office and have it stamped, take it back to UPS and they give you the item or deliver it since delivery was in the cost. . May not be worth the hassle depending on the amount. If you bring the thing over the border in the back of your car or truck you generally just get waved through and pay nothing if it's something vintage like that. I've brought vacs back etc.. just waved through.. Maybe Paul can shed some light on if he's ever had to pay for bringing in those washers. | ||
| Post# 619536 , Reply# 7 8/23/2012 at 16:04 (4,256 days old) by barcoboy (Canada) | ||
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I was just about to same the same thing petek. I've brought in all kinds of stuff from the US, and as long as you cross it yourself and have a bill of sale with you, there's usually not too much to pay or too many problems. My family has even bought several used vehicles in the US and brought them into Canada without much hassle.
You're absolutely right though about the ridiculous brokerage fees that the courier companies charge to cross stuff over the border. | ||
| Post# 619654 , Reply# 9 8/23/2012 at 23:18 (4,255 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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I've had inspectors that will charge duty on $50 worth of old cameras and some that waive the duty on $200 worth.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ah yes, might have foreseen, depends on inspector's mood. Whereas UPS gouges just because they can. Yep, yep, all makes sense now. [eyeroll] | ||
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