Chris,
Have you ordrred from Amazon.com? I have only ever used ca and only for books. I know there will be shipping but Im wondering about duty to us. I ordered super fine brass tubing from Michigan (but not thru Amazon) and got murdered for duty etc
Steve
I've ordered from Small Parts in the past, which is evidently Amazon.com now, and I don't remember the duty charges, so it couldn't have been too bad. I order books from Amazon.com from time to time and have never paid duty yet, although there are shipping costs. The only duty I ever get charged for seems to be when I order from Squadron. Packages from Sprue Brothers have never cost me duty, nor have parcels from LuckyModel.com or BuyModel.net, both of which I use quite often. For books, the best online dealer bar none is The Book Depository from the UK. No shipping charges, great prices, great selection, no duty (yet), and no taxes.
In all cases though, I keep the parcel sizes as small as possible to fly under the radar. For example, I never order more than one model kit at a time.
Cheers,
Chris