goodcookiedrift..

[mr_sinister]

hey man,

did you say you worked for air canada?

i might be going to japan next summer and i'm thinking about buying a load of parts and bringing them back here with me as 'cargo'.. i was wondering how this worked and if its expensive or whatever..

there's some stuff on their website, but no prices..

[goodcookiedrift]

hey dude. yes it will be very expensive! air freight is generally around $10.00 per kg. That is also not including oddsized packages (for instance if you were to ship back a racing bucket, then an oddsize fee would apply). Duty is calculated at 30% of total value. so if your shipment is $1000, duty is $300. Yes you can always lie about the total value, but you're taking a risk because 1: if customs really finds out how much that stuff is worth, look out and 2: if that shipment gets lost and you said its only valued at $100 when it's really $1000, you'll only be seeing a $100 check to reinburst you. Nav Canada assess a $15.00 fee and then there's still customs fees and taxes to be paid.

So, for example, if you were to ship a set of coils that weigh a total of about 15kg and valued at $1000, you would have to pay $150.00 shipping, plus $300 duty, $15.00 nav can, $10.00 (i think it is) customs and $150 pst and gst. so in total, your shipping would cost $625.00. very pricey. for me though, it would cost about $70.00. so what you could do is a) either carry your parts back as checked baggage or b) wait till i go over.

Nick

[mr_sinister]

damn!.. that is expensive..

i also read something on the page about 'Air Canada Cargo Capacity Opportunities'..

i'm not 100% sure, but it sounded kinda like stand-by for cargo.. is that correct? would that be any cheaper?

reason i'm asking all these questiosn is i want to buy a sh** load of parts and i would rather do it myself and not have to put anyone out of their way.. my cousin lives in tokyo, but the hassle for her would be ridiculous :wink:

[mr_sinister]

btw - i'm looking to byu mainly used parts, so the actual value would be calculated from the price i paid, right?

[goodcookiedrift]

well i'll tell you what, if you're interested, me and you can arrange a time to take a trip over to tokyo for parts buying/shipping. you arrange the accomodations, and i'll arrange the cargo, flights, travel

Never heard of that cargo plane, but the otgher i know of is if you are a registered business, you can call air canada customer services and have a business account with them to ship cargo. You could even get your own container!! i'm not sure on the pricing however, i think its more attractive if you are deal with quantity as oppose to a one time shipment. All cargo goes standby dude, cargo is never garaunteed to make it within a specific time frame unless specified for and paid for.

Nick

[mr_sinister]

alrighty.. well the plan right now was to head over to japan with a couple of friends next summer (they're not really into cars tho)..

so i guess i'll let you know as the time approaches (still a little early right now :wink: )

[goodcookiedrift]

sounds good

Nick