Ordering from US to Canada

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:49 pm

Hi,

I've been trying to order parts from a local guy in the same province for the OME HD/rancho combo ... but hes being difficult (his excuse now is the rancho rear shocks that are in stock are on a 30day backorder delay) ... %^T#$%$@ ... here I am almost 1.5 months later and he hasn't done anything right...

Has anyone from Canada ordered a Frankinlift from All J products? If so what did you pay in customs charges?

Right now for the the Frankenlift I lift to my door is $959.30 + any customs charges. All J's told me the shipping charge is 123.77.

Thanks for any help.
(this is taking me forever to get a lift on my libby!)

ps - is it worth upgrading to a Frankenlift I Premium for the long travel shocks (do they make a difference for highway travel?)

nlife · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:43 pm **Posts:** 226

Scorpiate wrote:

Hi,

I've been trying to order parts from a local guy in the same province for the OME HD/rancho combo ... but hes being difficult (his excuse now is the rancho rear shocks that are in stock are on a 30day backorder delay) ... %^T#$%$@ ... here I am almost 1.5 months later and he hasn't done anything right...

Has anyone from Canada ordered a Frankinlift from All J products? If so what did you pay in customs charges?

Right now for the the Frankenlift I lift to my door is $959.30 + any customs charges. All J's told me the shipping charge is 123.77.

Thanks for any help.
(this is taking me forever to get a lift on my libby!)

ps - is it worth upgrading to a Frankenlift I Premium for the long travel shocks (do they make a difference for highway travel?)

Sorry to hear about your troubles! I'm glad I went straight to All J's instead of trying to part things out. I am in British Columbia. I have ordered, received and just installed the Frankenlift I that I purchased through All J's. I can tell you that the service I have received from them (Heather in particular) has been above fantastic. Quick ship times, accurate in the costs and friendly people to boot.

As for the costs, the lift was $835.53 with $120.73 shipping charges and $166.82 in duty. The duty may have been higher on my order because I had also ordered a Daystar bushing lift for my brothers XJ and had increased the overall order by nearly $200.

On a side note, I had also ordered a SkidRow front engine skid plate from All J's on a previous occasion. I waited for the estimated ship date to arrive, but when the date passed and I hadn't received my order, I called Heather to inquire about it. She said she would look into it and call me back. About 10 minutes later, she returned my call and said that a claim has been started and a replacement would be shipped out the next day. I didn't have to whine, cry, complain, or even raise my voice. In fact, all I did was mention that I haven't received it and gave my invoice number. Heather took care of the rest, no questions asked. No hassle. Nothing. Just great service.

As for upgrading to OME shocks, I haven't a clue. I stuck with the Rancho's as I don't really do anything that could even remotely be considered as extreme wheeling. I didn't feel I needed the extra travel provided by the OME. I have read that OME does provide a smoother ride, but since I've never had them, I'll be happy with my ignorance to that fact

I highly recommend All J's.

N

Khaki-KJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:49 pm

If you are looking for OME springs, struts and shocks, you can get them through Cap-It Truck Accessories if you are in British Columbia. Not sure if they carry Ranchos, they are not mentioned on the website.

Might be worth a phone call to see if they ship within Canada if you are outside BC.

http://www.cap-it.com/index.html

Cap-it® International Inc.
SUITE 700 - 4954 275TH ST.
LANGLEY, BC V4W 0A3
T: 604.857.1211 F: 604.857.1255

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

Khaki-KJ wrote:

If you are looking for OME springs, struts and shocks, you can get them through Cap-It Truck Accessories if you are in British Columbia. Not sure if they carry Ranchos, they are not mentioned on the website.

Might be worth a phone call to see if they ship within Canada if you are outside BC.

http://www.cap-it.com/index.html

Cap-it® International Inc.
SUITE 700 - 4954 275TH ST.
LANGLEY, BC V4W 0A3
T: 604.857.1211 F: 604.857.1255

Yep, they're a good bunch to deal with. That's who I bought my OME HD lift from, but I got it from the outlet in Grande Prairie Alberta. A few weeks later a branch opened up in town here. :roll:

But if you are sold on Frankenlift, gotta get it from All-Js, even better bunch to buy from. Just that nasty old duty fee and taxes to pay on top of delivery.

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:46 pm

Im not sold on the frankenlift ... I dont mind getting the parts seperately ... that was my plan initially...

Ive contacted these guys and waiting for a responce..

Thanks guys

Anyone else not in BC get a lift from the states?

nlife · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:43 pm **Posts:** 226

Scorpiate wrote:

Im not sold on the frankenlift ... I dont mind getting the parts seperately ... that was my plan initially...

Ive contacted these guys and waiting for a responce..

Thanks guys

Anyone else not in BC get a lift from the states?

Not sold on the Frankenlift? That's fine. How many hassels are you willing to put up with. A month and a half of people telling me that they 'can't do it' would be more than enough for me. I'm cheap and all, but man, get it done.

N

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:50 am

It was either or at this stage ... get the frankenlift or the parts seperately ... I just want a lift now ... (130$ is not bad for customs - I will order something by the end of the week ... I see what the guys in BC can offer me)

sorry for the confusion...

nlife · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:43 pm **Posts:** 226

Scorpiate wrote:

It was either or at this stage ... get the frankenlift or the parts seperately ... I just want a lift now ... (130$ is not bad for customs - I will order something by the end of the week ... I see what the guys in BC can offer me)

sorry for the confusion...

Let us know what they can do. I have a Cap-it here in town and didn't know that they offered this kind of thing. Although, I have also been to a different 4x4 shop in town and they tend to be really expensive for the same crap I can buy at Canadian Tire.

N

Uttles · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:19 pm

I ordered the OME HD springs, OME struts, and OME Shocks from Heather at All J's.

It only took about 2 weeks and that was with a problem in Australia. So no worries. Taxes and duties were just about nothing.

I live in Ontario Canada.

Deal with All J's. Seriously great service and it's worth any extra bucks.

Also my ride is SWEET!

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:23 pm

Cap-it pricing:

HD927: $125 each <- each @!$%% no way!
HD948: $125 each
NS131: $237 each <- wow
132L: $137 each

Kinda more than All Js frankenlift Premium II plus thats not including shipping... lol

looks like I be contacting All Js tomorrow or so ... (one more place to get back to me)

Uttles - do you remember what the customs charge was? I am also dealing with Heather right now.

nlife · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:43 pm **Posts:** 226

Scorpiate wrote:

Cap-it pricing:

HD927: $125 each <- each @!$%% no way!
HD948: $125 each
NS131: $237 each <- wow
132L: $137 each

Kinda more than All Js frankenlift Premium II plus thats not including shipping... lol

looks like I be contacting All Js tomorrow or so ... (one more place to get back to me)

Uttles - do you remember what the customs charge was? I am also dealing with Heather right now.

At first, I thought, hey that's not bad, but then I realized that those were the prices for 1 piece each. Add that all up and you've got a total of $1248 before taxes (12% + $149.76 in B.C.) $1397.76 with taxes + shipping. Now that I look back on it, that's about what I figured for a 'local' company. If you go through All J's, you get the product assembled, polly bumpstops and new upper strut plates. Do companies really wonder why people buy from the US :roll:

N

ROADHAWG · **Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:47 am

I had my lift shipped to a place in Blaine called Hagen's. You call ahead and register for free and then you have your package shipped to their address with your name and phone number on the shipping label. It cost me about $5.00 when I shipped mine there. When you cross the border you just need to have your invoice and all you pay is the gst ans pst. No duty on the Frankenlift because it is made the U.S.A.

06altacrd · **Posted:** Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:16 pm

Recently priced a bumper for my Superduty from Capit in GP. This is a bumper that retails in the States for $1850. Cap it's price????? $3300.........

When I told her that the US price was not much more than 1/2, she replied with "uuuhhhhhh....really....ok, bye"

Luc.Blais · **Posted:** Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:07 pm

Got my Frankenlift II Premium for CRD 2 weeks ago. I live close to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Heather shipped me via UPS and here was my charges

Al-J Invoice Total: 1,299.70$US (wich includes 108.54$US UPS shipping fee to my place)

UPS:
- Duty: 0.00$
- GST: 157.16$CDN
- Brokerige fee: 73.85CDN + GST(3.69$CDN)

C.O.D. charge from UPS when the package arrived was 234.70$CDN

hope all these details helps you.

P.S. the nice thing is that Al-Js puts on their invoices "All Products MADE IN USA". So thats means with the free trade agreement we have with the united states we do not pay any duty on US manufactured goods.

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:42 am

COD? Cash on delivery?

Wow so 230 in charges ... thats a high value ... hope I am not taking that much (but your order was 300$ more than mine) ...

They were technically made in USA :wink:

Order made yesterday ... expecting next Friday or the following Monday ... installing it in 2 weeks

nlife · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:43 pm **Posts:** 226

Luc.Blais wrote:

Got my Frankenlift II Premium for CRD 2 weeks ago. I live close to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Heather shipped me via UPS and here was my charges

Al-J Invoice Total: 1,299.70$US (wich includes 108.54$US UPS shipping fee to my place)

UPS:
- Duty: 0.00$
- GST: 157.16$CDN
- Brokerige fee: 73.85CDN + GST(3.69$CDN)

C.O.D. charge from UPS when the package arrived was 234.70$CDN

hope all these details helps you.

P.S. the nice thing is that Al-Js puts on their invoices "All Products MADE IN USA". So thats means with the free trade agreement we have with the united states we do not pay any duty on US manufactured goods.

No duty, but the nice people in the Government of Canada decided that we still have to pay GST on the entire order even though Canada had nothing to do the manufacture of the items. I could see GST on the service at the border, but on all the items?

Scorpiate,

I think you'll be pretty happy with the service from All J's. They are excellent people.

N

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:35 am

UPS got back to me and the damage is:

Total customs charge: $187.60 CAD to New Brunswick ....

Well ... that sucks ... O well Lift here Friday (Monday at the latest!)

kj924 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 pm **Posts:** 103

Thats 1 reason why I didn't go with the Franky......too @#$%^' en expensive for this middle class white boy. :lol:

So is the lift party on at your place? Tell Orangesunkist to go easy on the torches. :wink:

Be sure and post lots of pics of doing the install, and after lift measurements.

Libertyfever will be sooo jealous when yours is finished. :lol:

Scorpiate · **Posted:** Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:03 am

hahaha

It got expensive for me ... no new tires until fall at best ... (if im lucky)

no, we doing the lift at Orange garage this weekend if it arrives friday ... othrwise next weekend ... Yea i have to hid his torch ... and his axe and the sledge ... and anything else he uses to break stuff ... lol

Yea I know Fever going to be jealous ...

Yea the pictures will come ... every step I can!

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:36 am

You guys need to get friendly with someone real close to the border on the USA side. Have stuff shipped there prepaid, go there and put your stuff on the Jeep and drive home. "Just visiting a friend."

Terry

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