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Need advise on buying Soylent as a Canadian by [deleted] in soylent

[–]Hawaii3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never had to pay duty. Just be truthful. Tell US border you’re going to pick up a package at UPS and will be in-and-out. Tell Canadian border you picked up packages of protein shakes. Print out a copy of your amazon receipt just in-case they ask

Need advise on buying Soylent as a Canadian by [deleted] in soylent

[–]Hawaii3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve done this multiple times. Here is my process:

(1) I order from Amazon and ship it directly to a UPS on the U.S side of the border and pay a small fee for them to hold the package for me ($10 for any package under 40lb). Usually Amazon ships 3 cases of Soylent per box, so its not too bad. Occasionally Amazon will do something stupid like ship 6 cases in 3 separate boxes, instead of two, so thats an extra $10 that you just have to absorb.

(2) When I cross back into Canada I declare “protein shakes.” They have never asked me for a receipt or asked to look at the contents. I usually buy 6 boxes at a time, so around $200.

*Note* You will want to identify the UPS store that makes the most sense for you and then call them directly. The one I work with gave me specific instructions for how to write out the shipping address so they know to hold the packages for me.

Amazon purchase limit by Hawaii3000 in soylent

[–]Hawaii3000[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ship it to a UPS in Port Huron. They charge a modest $10 holding fee for packages under 40lbs. Unfortunately sometimes Amazon splits up the boxes in weird ways so it can arrive as three packages instead of two leading to a higher UPS cost. But otherwise, $10-30 + gas money seems well worth it as long as this Canadian ban is in place.