Canada tyre price ripoff

[Dodger]

Those of us who live in Canada have no doubt been amazed at the exorbitant prices charged for tyres up here ,compared to the US .

If you try to buy from a US tyre shop they will refuse to sell to Canada .
BUT they will accept your credit card or paypal payment and ship to a US address , if you have relatives or friends in the US all well and good , they can forward the stuff to you .

For those , like me ,who have no contacts in the US a freight forwarding company can be utilised .
A company like Package Express can receive and reship your packages to you in Canada .

For example , catalogue price for a Mich Anakee in Canada $290 .
US price $133 + free shipping .Cost to receive and ship to Canadian address $34 .

If you live close to the border you can go and get your packages .

I've done this a few times now and it has worked very well , you have to be honest about the shipment value and you have to pay the taxes , but you are still paying taxes on a smaller amount .

If a friend did the reshipping , you could describe the item as "gift" and sidestep the tax .
But that's a bit hard to do with things like tyres !