What's the best way to ship video cards to the USA?

[OmegaRED]

I'm gonna be selling my video cards to someone in America, what's the cheapest and most reliable method of shipping them to the USA? I would get them insured with tracking, do I need to worry about duty fees with some shipping companies?

[Phill]

I have never had an issue with Canada Post.

[Bungwirez]

Yep. CP wins.

for kicks, I label my hardware as "literature"

[zsamz_]

ship by canadapost expidited with tracking and insurance n signature

with venture 1 it will be there in 5 days

and cheaper than ups

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by Bungwirez

Yep. CP wins.

for kicks, I label my hardware as "literature"

That doesn't work if it's shipped from BC... border guards figure that's a keyword for smoking pot..... ;)

[Delavan]

I heard somewhere that if you tag the parcel as a "gift", you don't get charged duty???
Dunno about the truth in this.... or putting a value of $0...

[OmegaRED]

Originally Posted by zsamz_

ship by canadapost expidited with tracking and insurance n signature

with venture 1 it will be there in 5 days

and cheaper than ups

Will there be duty if I put insurance of $500?

[chel-]

I've shipped items valued above $300 to the US and there wasn't any duty (mind you I haven't a clue how any of these sorts of things work). Also I agree that Canada Post is the way to go. I have yet to be disappointed with them.

[zsamz_]

Originally Posted by OmegaRED

Will there be duty if I put insurance of $500?

i shipped a few 980x cpus last year insured for 900 each and no duty
even shipped by ups n they never had to pay duty
if you need to cover your ass get signature required

its only us that pay duty