How Would I Go About Shipping...

xavierdlc61887 · 10-21-2008, 04:25 PM

To Canada i got a member here that wants some plants but i dont know if u could ship to Canada...I need your help on this

thanks

austinl01 · 10-21-2008, 04:36 PM

Fernie, just go ahead and ship it like normal--box it up and take it to USPS. They will have a short form there for you to fill out and off it goes. There should be no problems.

Richard · 10-21-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by austinl01

Fernie, just go ahead and ship it like normal--box it up and take it to USPS. They will have a short form there for you to fill out and off it goes. There should be no problems.

Yes, and I found the flat-rate priority mail boxes have the cheapest rate to Canada from my location. Check USPS - The United States Postal Service (U.S. Postal Service) for rate information.

momoese · 10-21-2008, 05:38 PM

UPS will search and destroy plant material, just ask Cedar Dave!

xavierdlc61887 · 10-21-2008, 09:50 PM

im going with usps :P not ups

cedardave · 10-21-2008, 11:04 PM

Indeed...never use ups.....they are the plant police. Definately use USPS.When you ship to canada its best to be vague as to the boxes contents. If you claim it as a plant sometimes(most times) they wont let it thru.

xavierdlc61887 · 10-21-2008, 11:09 PM

i print from stamps.com it comes with the forms and erry thing

so i just take and drop off

Taylor · 10-21-2008, 11:19 PM

Only problems I can think of is the current freezing temperatures in Canada...

I typically say it is a birthday present when they make me fill out a form. I mean, everyone does have a birthday, and plants are like presents.

Patty in Wisc · 10-21-2008, 11:24 PM

I wanted to do a swap w/ Canada but the girl said NO - not to ship any plants there nor her to here. She said if it goes thru my P.O., Canada police would destroy it. Maybe she was too parranoid. I was still willing to try...not telling them it's a plant. How would Canada know?

xavierdlc61887 · 11-03-2008, 11:06 PM

hey guys i printed the labels, i set them as gifts valued at 0.01 cents :P um now what do i just take them to the post office and thats that or what will happen???

cedardave · 11-04-2008, 06:51 PM

Thats pretty much it. They may question the extremely low value of the package ,but away it goes. They usually take around 9 days from most places in the US to Canada. Good luck...

meplant · 11-05-2008, 03:31 PM

You can also request your mailman stop and pick up your package...That's what I do with my business orders...It's really easy to do everything from your computer.

Just my 2cents worth

xavierdlc61887 · 11-05-2008, 09:37 PM

yeah thats what i did.... i just printed the labels and put them in a usps slip and away it went

that way they dont have the chance to ask me anything....i just told them its tagged and ready to go and they said great and they took it

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