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ghostler
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I learned something new from my post #369 above.
The reason why US purchases from Canada for this vendor of Cox model aircraft engines and accessories is not affected is that he is selling these items which were originally manufactured in US:
A little history, the last owner of Cox unsold inventory of model aircraft engine parts and accessories, Estes Corporation (model rockets manufacturer), there was a considerable amount of left over parts. These were purchased by several buyers around 2008. One was a Canadian, who bought most of the inventory, then started selling these parts. He bought the rights to be the official dealer. Some, he assembled and sold as new engines.
Over the years I bought various parts and an engine from him. It looks like US customers have nothing to be concerned about. The only thing was need for clarification from Canadian Post on how to document to pass through US Customs because of recent US change to tariff rules.
I imagine the same situation would be true for a Canadian to sell a used US made saxophone to a US customer. That has yet to be seen.
Even prior to these tariffs, Canada's tariff system had a hefty tax on US goods to Canada. I had planned to send my US made Selmer Bundy II. The tariff made it not worth doing. He would be better to buy one used in Canada.
To avert, a couple months ago I gifted a sax to my wife's brother, a new Chinese alto sax by purchasing it from Amazon.ca on-line store and shipping it to his house. It was actually about $100 US less than the same item I could buy from Amazon US. This was prior to no deminimus tariffs. Go figure.
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The reason why US purchases from Canada for this vendor of Cox model aircraft engines and accessories is not affected is that he is selling these items which were originally manufactured in US:
A little history, the last owner of Cox unsold inventory of model aircraft engine parts and accessories, Estes Corporation (model rockets manufacturer), there was a considerable amount of left over parts. These were purchased by several buyers around 2008. One was a Canadian, who bought most of the inventory, then started selling these parts. He bought the rights to be the official dealer. Some, he assembled and sold as new engines.
Over the years I bought various parts and an engine from him. It looks like US customers have nothing to be concerned about. The only thing was need for clarification from Canadian Post on how to document to pass through US Customs because of recent US change to tariff rules.
I imagine the same situation would be true for a Canadian to sell a used US made saxophone to a US customer. That has yet to be seen.
Even prior to these tariffs, Canada's tariff system had a hefty tax on US goods to Canada. I had planned to send my US made Selmer Bundy II. The tariff made it not worth doing. He would be better to buy one used in Canada.
To avert, a couple months ago I gifted a sax to my wife's brother, a new Chinese alto sax by purchasing it from Amazon.ca on-line store and shipping it to his house. It was actually about $100 US less than the same item I could buy from Amazon US. This was prior to no deminimus tariffs. Go figure.
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