Scott Swanson on fri 7 jan 00
Hello Canadian potters (others can delete now);
Have you ever tried to sell in the U.S.? I have contacted various
goverment departments re: export and have gotten some very strange and
conflicting answers as to how one would go about it.
I am thinking of going to a craft fair in the U.S., not selling through a
gallery or shop.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Please reply to me individually, as I don't think this will be of interest
to the rest of the list! Reply to: aerie@intergate.bc.ca
Thanks.
Scott
pottery on sat 8 jan 00
Scott Swanson wrote:
Please reply to the list as we have a small pottery gallery in Saguache
(south central) Colorado and would like to be able to sell works by
Canadian potters.
Our gallery is called Saguache Gallery & Espresso. We are at the corner
of 2nd & San Juan, Saguache, Colorado 81149-0175, on US Highway 285 in
the northwest corner of the San Luis Valley. Our phone number is (719)
655-0203. We would like to see you if you are coming this way. Feel
free to phone to arrange to stop and say hello if you are coming outside
of our normal hours which are 8 am to midafternoon Tue-Sat. Potters are
always welcome!
Don
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Canadian potters (others can delete now);
>
> Have you ever tried to sell in the U.S.? I have contacted various
> goverment departments re: export and have gotten some very strange and
> conflicting answers as to how one would go about it.
>
> I am thinking of going to a craft fair in the U.S., not selling through a
> gallery or shop.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>
> Please reply to me individually, as I don't think this will be of interest
> to the rest of the list! Reply to: aerie@intergate.bc.ca
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
Ed Kraft on sun 9 jan 00
Hi
I live just south of the U.S.A./Canada boarder in western Washington State.
I have been contemplating doing a crafts fair on Vancouver Is. B.C. I would
like any info of Lotus Island fairs that may be good to try. Also I need
knowledge of cross boarder bureaucracy. Thanks Ed Kraft
Ed Kraft
eartharr@msn.com
Bellingham WA
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Swanson
To:
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: Canadian Potters - Sell in U.S.?
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Canadian potters (others can delete now);
>
> Have you ever tried to sell in the U.S.? I have contacted various
> goverment departments re: export and have gotten some very strange and
> conflicting answers as to how one would go about it.
>
> I am thinking of going to a craft fair in the U.S., not selling through a
> gallery or shop.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>
> Please reply to me individually, as I don't think this will be of interest
> to the rest of the list! Reply to: aerie@intergate.bc.ca
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
Percy Toms on mon 10 jan 00
Ed Kraft wrote
> I live just south of the U.S.A./Canada boarder in western Washington State.
> I have been contemplating doing a crafts fair on Vancouver Is. B.C. I would
> like any info of Lotus Island fairs that may be good to try. Also I need
> knowledge of cross boarder bureaucracy
Hi Ed
Your U.S. dollars will go a long way in Canada, but I doubt you'll be
impressed with your takings once you have got your money back into the
States, thanks to an exchange rate that has the CDN dollar around 65 cents
US... great for you, bad for them. IMHO, Canada is a fantastic place for a
visitor from the USA to BUY pots, not sell them. It's not only the favorable
dollar conversion going in, there's also the lower price level, in absolute
terms, of most Canadian functional pots - a double bonus. Hurry, hurry while
stocks last, Ed ;-)
Hey, why not sell your pots in Bellingham or Seattle for more money? You'd
avoid the border red tape as well. Less civil servants you meet, the better
your life. Ain't that a fact?
best,
Ned
(with idyllic memories of maritime B.C. and getting his supper on the beach
:-)
Gerry Barbe on tue 11 jan 00
I tried the same thing in 1998, only from the Canadian side of the
border. We contacted US Customs and were told the paper work we had
to do before our crossing. We did a phenomenal amount of work to get
ready for the sale, paid our booth fee, accomodation fee, etc, all in
US dollars.
When we got to the border we were honest and told the crossing guard
what we planned to do. He grabbed my drivers licence and sent me to
immigration. You have to be very polite at immigration, don't talk
unless spoken too, they've got guns! We concluded that immigration
and customs do not talk to each other. What was ok for Customs was a
BIG no-no for immigration. According to immigration: "A Canadian
cannot sell Canadian made goods in the United States". We were
turned away at the border and had to absorb our losses.
If you plan to have your pottery sold in Canada or the US make sure
you hire someone in that country to do it for you.
You can try to do the paper work for this from the Customs and
Immigration angle. BUT, the rules change according to the Customs
and Immigration agent that you meet at the border. You can try a
Broker, but good luck with that. It is expensive and most Brokers
don't know what you are talking about.
I've heard countless nightmares from people who have tried to sell
their wares at cross border craft shows. When the politicians
drafted Free Trade they forgot about the small business person, we do
not have a voice.
FYI, pottery is duty free according to the Free Trade Agreement.
Good luck and please let us know how you succeed.
Marilyn in windy Ailsa Craig
On 9 Jan 00 at 11:58, Ed Kraft wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message---------------------------- Hi
>
> I live just south of the U.S.A./Canada boarder in western Washington
> State. I have been contemplating doing a crafts fair on Vancouver
> Is. B.C. I would like any info of Lotus Island fairs that may be
> good to try. Also I need knowledge of cross boarder bureaucracy.
> Thanks Ed Kraft
>
>
> Ed Kraft
> eartharr@msn.com
> Bellingham WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Swanson
> To:
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 2:38 PM
> Subject: Canadian Potters - Sell in U.S.?
>
>
> > ----------------------------Original
> > message---------------------------- Hello Canadian potters (others
> > can delete now);
> >
> > Have you ever tried to sell in the U.S.? I have contacted various
> > goverment departments re: export and have gotten some very strange
> > and conflicting answers as to how one would go about it.
> >
> > I am thinking of going to a craft fair in the U.S., not selling
> > through a gallery or shop.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with this?
> >
> > Please reply to me individually, as I don't think this will be of
> > interest to the rest of the list! Reply to:
> > aerie@intergate.bc.ca
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Scott
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