What Would You Do? I Have a Person From Canada Who Is Trying to Place

[carlajanes]

What would YOU do? I have a person from Canada who is trying to place an order and have it sent to the US......but.....she only has a PO box in the US. She wants to use MY address and then meet for pick up.....I live 50 miles from the Canadian border. And she wants to use her host discount from a party she had in Canada a few months ago. I think she doesn't want to pay the Canadian shipping.
I don't think it is right to do this.

 

[Chef Gilles]

Re: ConundrumYou are not allowed to sell to people living in Canada.

 

[richardson3]

Re: ConundrumI am in Canada .. I can place the order for her if you end up not being able to.

 

[richardson3]

Re: ConundrumSorry .. not trying to steal you sale ... just an option if you turn her down ... thats all ...

 

[KateInTheKitchen]

Re: Conundrum

You are not allowed to sell to people living in Canada.

Is that true, or are you just not allowed (able) to sell to a Canadian address?

The prices are a lot different, unfortunately, and there are also some different products (itty bitty bevs are not available in Canada). I order "American only" things pretty frequently and have them sent to an American PO box.

That said, it sounds like a pain in the butt and so I probably wouldn't do this anyway.

 

[BethCooks4U]

Re: ConundrumNo we can not place orders for anyone living in Canada. They must go through a Canadian consultant. Canada PC is a totally different company. ...And there are laws.And Carla, even if you placed an order for her she could not use her PHD. It would be caught immediately as not valid here.

 

[KateInTheKitchen]

Re: ConundrumLegal implications seems like a bit of a stretch. What if somebody came across the border for a party and paid with US cash?

 

[BethCooks4U]

Re: ConundrumI didn't say we would be doing anything illegal. What I meant is I believe they would have to declare the items when they took them over.

 

[KateInTheKitchen]

Re: Conundrum

I didn't say we would be doing anything illegal. What I meant is I believe they would have to declare the items when they took them over.

Yes, this is certainly true. I've never been charged duty on items I've driven across, though... as long as I'm not spending a fortune. I do occasionally get charged duty for shipped items, though.

 

[carlajanes]

Re: ConundrumUS consultants are only allowed to sell to people who live in the US and their territories....or are on military bases.
I haven't heard back from her.....she spends months at a time living in the US but her home IS in Canada.

 

[Sheila]

Re: ConundrumI have a Mexico customer who orders from me. She's a US citizen living in Mexico. She emails and has me set up an online show, then she & her friends order enough to make a catalog show. She picks her host benefits by email, has the whole show shipped to her stateside address and times her shows for when she will be in the US to pick up her stuff. She has to claim what she's buying in the US and carrying back across the border, but I don't know what type of fees she's paying. That part is all on her. My sale is happening stateside, her bank is stateside and the shipping address is stateside. You can enter her PO box for warranty purposes and have it shipped to one of her friends closer to the border, but I certainly wouldn't drive to the border to deliver. She'd have to come to me if she wanted to buy from me. But I agree, she can't use her Canada PHD# on a stateside order. What's her hangup with not ordering from a Canadian Consultant? Something that's not in their catalog???

 

[yankeeinontario]

Re: ConundrumYou can't use a Canadian hostess discount on the American system. If her PO box is at a Mailbox, etc or UPS store, they can accept her package there though.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Re: ConundrumI always used to carry a conundrum in my wallet, just in case.

 

[Intrepid_Chef]

Re: ConundrumI have a Canadian friend who has ordered from me. Like Sheila's friend, she is a U.S. Citizen living in Canada because of her marriage to a Cannuck. Her bank account is stateside, the shipping address (her mom in Minnesota) is stateside and she picks them up when she comes to visit her family at Christmas. A simple stone isn't something that she has to declare at customs any more than her other gifts but again, that's on her.She's never hosted with me, but her mom has!Why have they ordered from me? Simply put, they are personal friends and wanted to help me get my business off the ground.But I agree, she's asking too much to use her Past Host Discount. And driving 50 miles to pick up a product? That must be some serious shipping costs to outweigh 5 gallons of gas for the 100 mile round trip!