Selling CGC Keys from Canada 0

[1Cool]

19 hours ago, spreads said:

Your plan is to bring books across the border to ship out of the US....better hope you don't get caught! 

What is the penalty for bringing books thru the border?  Lets assume you don't have the books in a package but in your luggage and then you pack them and ship them in the US.  If the find the random slabs in a search of your car what would they do?

[comicdonna]

[Heronext]

32 minutes ago, 1Cool said:

What is the penalty for bringing books thru the border?  Lets assume you don't have the books in a package but in your luggage and then you pack them and ship them in the US.  If the find the random slabs in a search of your car what would they do?

Actually Congress has recently acted on this crisis of people carrying comics in their luggage into the U.S. It’s punishable by up to 30 years in Federal prison and for PGX books, the death penalty.

Seriously I never get people’s nervousness in crossing borders.  Say you are bringing them to read on vacation or show to your cousin Vincent Z.

Edited October 24, 2018 by Heronext

[Heronext]

Here is the best way to get your comics into the U.S. from Canada: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/canada-border-library-gun-smuggling-case

Edited October 24, 2018 by Heronext

[spreads]

20 hours ago, revat said:

Sounds like the plan is the opposite.  Bring them from Canada to the US, to ship to other parts of the US.  I don't think it'll be too hard get them in, assuming a normal car and normal interactions with border patrol. 

That's what I meant, maybe I didn't phrase it correctly....there's a huge risk if you don't declare this, you're bringing (importing) goods across the border from Canada into the US, it's clearly illegal if you don't declare them. 

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3 hours ago, Heronext said:

Actually Congress has recently acted on this crisis of people carrying comics in their luggage into the U.S. It’s punishable by up to 30 years in Federal prison and for PGX books, the death penalty.

Seriously I never get people’s nervousness in crossing borders.  Say you are bringing them to read on vacation or show to your cousin Vincent Z.

Great story, an even more better story would be if it was a comic guy bringing slabs!

[spreads]

3 hours ago, 1Cool said:

What is the penalty for bringing books thru the border?  Lets assume you don't have the books in a package but in your luggage and then you pack them and ship them in the US.  If the find the random slabs in a search of your car what would they do?

If you were bringing books like the OP has, several thousand dollars worth and didn't declare it you're talking a very serious offense.  And don't take the guards lightly, don't think they won't ask a pile of probing questions, if they see comic books especially graded ones they will take the time to research them on the internet to find their approximate value.  I have a former roommate from university that worked at a Canadian Border crossing.  He told me a story of scanning through, page-by-page the internet browsing history of a guy's laptop - I think he had some kind of illegal porn or something on there.  Meanwhile while this search of books is going-on you're sweating it out thinking, why did I ever start that thread sell my CGC keys from Canada....

[ignimbrite]

In terms of selling the books if these are keys wouldn't just putting them on the boards at 80-90% of GPA be the way to go? It avoids all auction costs and, in a sense, everyone wins. The sales would be quick. 

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3 hours ago, 1Cool said:

What is the penalty for bringing books thru the border?  Lets assume you don't have the books in a package but in your luggage and then you pack them and ship them in the US.  If the find the random slabs in a search of your car what would they do?

Oh actually, they might think there's drugs in the comic slabs.  Just to be sure, they will have to break the book out of the slab, and start tearing away pages to inspect for contraband.

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Just now, ignimbrite said:

In terms of selling the books if these are keys wouldn't just putting them on the boards at 80-90% of GPA be the way to go? It avoids all auction costs and, in a sense, everyone wins. The sales would be quick. 

No way dude, bring them across the border so we can all read about it in the news.

[Diaolos]

Hi guys. Once more my apologies on being absent from a thread I created.  I am just so busy that my mind does not circle back to these boards.   I do want to let everyone one know that I do appreciate their feedback and thank them for it.  I was always a buyer and very rarely sold anything.  

I travel to the US often enough that I have books both brought books from Canada into the US and from US to Canada.  No one is every going to ask you if you have comics.  The only question that may be asked if id you have more than 10,000$ CAD that your are crossing over the boarder with. They are normally referring to cash in relation to money laundering.  It is not illegal to cross the US boarder with any amount of money or valuables as long as anything worth over 10,000$ is declared.   They just want to make sure your the owner.   I presume that they may ask why you are crossing over with such valuable, but as someone mentioned here "I want to show my cousin the book" would be fine.  One the way back no one is going to ask you about the book as they will not have any clue.   On the way back into Canada they  are just going to ask you to declare the value of your goods.  Being minus the books you would not be lying.   

Knowing people that are employed as border patrol employees, they are not interested in your comics or if you went over your limits.  They are interested in drugs, guns and contraband.  If your going to go to the boarder and say you have nothing to declare they will pull you over.  Its an easy search to find people who spent over their limits.   Crossing the boarder in say a minivan with your family and declaring  3,000$ after a 48 trip will not get you stopped.  You can have 10,000$ worth of items.   They are not going to sit there and go over 3,000$ worth of bills.

 

 

[Diaolos]

On 10/23/2018 at 11:23 AM, comicdonna said:

Domestic—Extra Services and Fees

^ Top

Registered Mail
Declared Value	Fee (in addition to postage)
$0.00		$11.90
0.01 to 100		12.60
100.01 to 500		14.55
500.01 to 1,000		16.15
1,000.01 to 2,000		17.75
2,000.01 to 3,000		19.35
3,000.01 to 4,000		20.95
4,000.01 to 5,000		22.55
5,000.01 to 15,000,000		22.55 + $1.60 per each $1,000 or fraction thereof
Over $15,000,000		$24,014.55 + amount determined by USPS based on weight, space, and value
Additional Registered  Mail Services	Fee (in addition to  Registered Mail fee and postage)
Registered Mail COD Collection Charge  (maximum amount collectible is $1,000)		$5.70
Registered Mail Restricted Delivery		5.05
Fees for articles valued over $50,000 are for handling only. Maximum amount of insurance coverage available is $50,000.

Thanks for the info.  That is super cheap compared to Canada

 

 

Edited November 19, 2018 by Diaolos
follow-up question - Did I see that right 24,014.55$ for an item over 15K lol

[Diaolos]

I was actually looking at eBay to see how their final evaluation fees work.   I was not able to find anything concrete but it seems they have a 10% fee capped at 750$.  Can anyone help me on this.  I would also appreciate it.  

[spreads]

On ‎11‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 7:49 PM, Diaolos said:

Hi guys. Once more my apologies on being absent from a thread I created.  I am just so busy that my mind does not circle back to these boards.   I do want to let everyone one know that I do appreciate their feedback and thank them for it.  I was always a buyer and very rarely sold anything.  

I travel to the US often enough that I have books both brought books from Canada into the US and from US to Canada.  No one is every going to ask you if you have comics.  The only question that may be asked if id you have more than 10,000$ CAD that your are crossing over the boarder with. They are normally referring to cash in relation to money laundering.  It is not illegal to cross the US boarder with any amount of money or valuables as long as anything worth over 10,000$ is declared.   They just want to make sure your the owner.   I presume that they may ask why you are crossing over with such valuable, but as someone mentioned here "I want to show my cousin the book" would be fine.  One the way back no one is going to ask you about the book as they will not have any clue.   On the way back into Canada they  are just going to ask you to declare the value of your goods.  Being minus the books you would not be lying.   

Knowing people that are employed as border patrol employees, they are not interested in your comics or if you went over your limits.  They are interested in drugs, guns and contraband.  If your going to go to the boarder and say you have nothing to declare they will pull you over.  Its an easy search to find people who spent over their limits.   Crossing the boarder in say a minivan with your family and declaring  3,000$ after a 48 trip will not get you stopped.  You can have 10,000$ worth of items.   They are not going to sit there and go over 3,000$ worth of bills.

 

 

LOL.  You made several assumptions that are dead wrong.  But hey, it's your funeral if you get caught.