• @[email protected]
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    6517 hours ago

    For years, us, Canadians went to USA for shopping. Next year with the exchange rate at the highest for US$, and Canada without tariff, a shit load of americans will come to Canada to buy their electronics and stuff.

    • Rob Bos
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      2616 hours ago

      They’ll still have to pay the tariff when crossing the border back to the USA, unless they want to risk smuggling it.

      • @[email protected]
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        1013 hours ago

        REGULATIONS

        Returning to the U.S.

        Less than 48 hours in Canada:

        $200 USD worth of goods per person, tax and duty freeAny purchase of alcohol or tobacco products may be subject to duties and taxes

        48+ hours in Canada:

        $800 USD worth of goods per person, tax and duty freePurchases may include 1 litre of alcohol, 200 cigarettes (1 carton), and 100 cigarsFamily members can combine their tax and duty allowances

        • @[email protected]
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          5 hours ago

          So our 19 year olds who need abortions, what stops them from going there getting care and then having a drink a smoke and coming home after. Except the prospect of not wanting to come back?

      • @[email protected]
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        1516 hours ago

        I .Ean that’s how it was for Canadians, it’s not like we had an actual work around there either. People just don’t bother to declare stuff when crossing.

        • @[email protected]
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          1115 hours ago

          A Canadian I used to know told me their family would have some cheaper items in the back seat that they’d declare and hide the more expensive stuff. Apparently it did work.

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            5 hours ago

            That was my shoplifting tactic when I was a kid.

            Well not the backseat part, I hid chocolates in my bike helmet and always bought something like a drink.

            All the idiots that didn’t buy anything got caught instantly.