Vehicle shipping and importing to Canada

[Buggytime]

Hello, does anyone have any experience with having a vehicle shipped across the United States, and importing them into Canada?
And how would one make a secured payment transaction and not get screwed/scammed?
Thanks

[Alp]

bank to bamk transfer is the safest for just the money.  Unless you have a trusted person to look at the car and discribe it to you in detail there is only the pictures and the discussion between you and the seller (or send to a shop to get checked over).  Where is the car coming from?

[1blk66]

I just went through the importing process on my westy up from california and it was pretty painless.
Send a copy of the title and bill of sale to the US customs crossing you will be bring the vehicle across at at least 3 business days in advance.

They will review and inspect vehicle and VIN to allow export out of the US, stamp the title and off you go to the canadian customs to import it into Canada. There you will need to fill out the FORM 1 and pay taxes and duty's if applicable.
Just make sure they don't charge you PST. They screwed mine up and entered it as "auto parts" instead of automobile which resulted in PST. I stupidly paid (my 1st import) and then said hey I thought there was only GST. We looked at the receipt and realized the mistake, but they can't process the refund there.
I had to go to Richmond to the CBSA and request a refund (another couple of forms) which goes to Ottawa for processing.
While the guy said it could take 4-6 weeks, I had the refund cheque in 2 weeks.

In terms of payment, I agree with Alp and thats exactly what I did. I went across the line to a wells fargo and wored the money directly into the guys account.

Where is the vehicle and do ou have a hauler lined up?

Good luck.
Todd
   

[Alp]

you don't need to cross the border to wire funds.  Just go to your bank with all the codes and you an do it easy from there.  Your bank can tell you all that is needed to do the transfer.

[1blk66]

ALP,

You are right, you dont need to go across the line BUT I went across because going through my bank had fees and there were processing delays (ie it was mucked around internally before going into the sellers account I believe it was like 3 business days) whereas going to a Wells Fargo (sellers bank) in Blaine meant it was free for me and in his account 30 seconds after I gave them the cash.