Is it common that people from Canada say “we got to _____ FOR 9am?” My friend from the Bahamas says it like that too. For example, “I have to be at work *For* 10am.” So unique!❤
usually getting somewhere for 9 am would be like 'will you get there for 9 am' meaning like not necessarily AT that time but by that time, you might come earlier, but by 9 am you'd be there. you would say 'i got there at 9 am' to say that you got there exactly at 9 am.
I'm curious to know if you are selective with groceries chosen? Cause customs over here is pretty tight and we aren't allowed to bring over a lot of food items. For example that yummy dill dip surprised me. I might have to consider going across to shop myself, the selection is great!
All the items I can see in the car and everything in this video is available in Canada and we found at least about 80% of them could be more or cheaper in Canada
@@katiecampbell14 We get it but we see these videos a lot and it's our job we're paying by RU-vid and TikTok that's a common misconception TJ is used clothes that is the same company as Marshalls and winners exact same clothes and target along with trader Joe's are supplied by Walmart and Costco so here they're available here all items
They generally waive groceries. I think the value is generally discretionary. We've declared just over $100 and they weren't bothered. As long as we didn't have alcohol or other big ticket items.
I was always of the impression that a Canadian needs to stay in the U.S. 24 hours before they can claim anything. But are groceries an exception to this? Does anyone know? I always cross border-shop but I always plan to stay one night at a hotel so I can claim up to $200 duty free.
I live in a boarder city and shop often in the States. As long as you don’t have cigs or liquor they are pretty lenient. Last time I went, two weeks ago, I spent about $120 and my brother spent about $160. No problem. Mostly, but not all, groceries. They don’t really ask what you have as long as you don’t have booze or cigs. Usually they let you bring in 12 beer with no duty.
I've got to try those soup dumpling - last time I was at Trader Joe's, a young woman had about 12 of them in her cart. Are the soup dumpling that delicious?
Don’t the fresh foods thaw or freeze (depending on the outside temp)? I assume in the summer you bring a cooler with you? Buying groceries that’ll sit in the car for hours seems counterintuitive to me… I’d be interested in knowing the logistics behind!
Sooo... you came here to shop? 😅 theres so much fun food here that isnt anywhere else. Come back and get sponge candy from Platters, logan berry pop, Teds hot dogs & burgers, roast beef on weck, chicken finger sub from Jims Steak out, wings of course 😜
Im a student in canada and i went across for shopping with my mom and when we came back the border officer tried to tell us that id have to pay some tax on all i bought but not this time aince i didnt know. How do you get around that? Because i want to go across to go to target etc
I mainly buy groceries which aren’t as likely to get charged for duties! Otherwise I avoid spending over $150 in goods (this has just been a safe number for me - but technically you can be changed on anything) and i think that duties are only around 13%? So I just budget that into my shopping that day incase I have to pay ☺️
The exchange rate .75 to America ftom Canadian. Also returning to Canada in under 48 hours you pay taxes on all good you bought especially 75% tax on alcohol and tobacco products. WHY? it's a waste of money it's not cheaper it's lots more. Especially now with inflation.
What you didn't say is that you decare your items. Look up CBSA declare items. You can claim up to $200 in exemption after 24hrs. No tobacco or Alcohol in this 24 hours can be declared in the exemption. So are you there over 24 hours before returning or are you not declaring which is it?
@@katiecampbell14 thats good . Everytime i leave toronto and go to dearborn i buy some sweets from a specialty ethnic dessert place and once they almost charged me lol .
everything is way cheaper in the states, especially food. There are a lot of brands that aren’t available in canada. also, there’s no target or trader joes in canada
@@ninjalawzo no worries. Canadians can save a lot of money on food doing this as long as border control allows them to pass duty free. Otherwise, it’s basically pointless lol
@@katiecampbell14 Oh I get it now! I had been getting Home sense ads on my fb and was wondering how come I have never seen a Home Sense store ever! Btw, I love Home Goods!
I live at the border I don’t shop in Canada anymore the quality is terrible but I do wegmans for sure and tops and target for bedding even with the exchange I come out ahead!
@@kara_2O13 ?? are we talking about Chobani like the yoghurt? Because we definitely have it, maybe not as good of a selection, but I've bought it before at Safeway
I love in Buffalo. They were in the Amherst, NY area. There is only one Trader Joes in the area and target, Walmart, Wegmans, and all of the other places they visited are within 5 to 10 minutes of there. There is also a Whole Foods. There’s also the Niagara Falls factory outlet mall 15 to 20 minutes from there that a lot of Canadians come to shop at.
Here’s are our Targets! Lots of other shopping close to each of them: 📍7414 Niagara Falls Blvd 📍1575 Niagara Falls Blvd 📍2626 Delaware Ave 📍 1750 Walden Ave
My daughter went on a shopping trip to the US from Canada and was really hit with a lot of duty. I am rather suspect about this video. How did they get through customs.
If you bring back under $125 - no tobacco and alcohol, chances are you won't get pulled over and pay duties. Go over that and you risk it. Generally you pay about $14-$20 bucks unless you declare alcohol and tobacco which is much higher.
Typically you'll get waived thru with no alcohol no tobacco and around $100/ adult - many kids & babies things have no duty...always good to look up "duty free" items between the US & Canada :)
Do you have a resource for what we’re allowed to bring across? I recently moved to Windsor, and the Chobani is just across the river….but I thought we weren’t allowed to bring dairy/meat/produce across? Cheers!
Trader Joes and Wegmans? Honey, that's not how you cross border shop. No trip to the US is complete without a Tops visit. You pay much less and get the same exact items. You buy two cases of Coke and get three free.
The Canadien healthcare system is terrifying. it's hilarious how Americans dont know that. In Ny & America, every person is covered 100% , never gets turned away & has access to the greatest Healthcare on earth by magnitudes. My ex gf screamed in an energency room for 6 hours! Begging for help , her lung collapsed she had to have her throat cut open. If you cut a finger off , you will sit there & you will wait hours without your finger, and every minute counts. Its scary as hell .. socialism , everything turns to a nitemare
I had septicemia while pregnant in Canada. I was seen stat and the seas parted and I was priority #1. Saved my life. It is all about triaging. If you are really sick in Canada, you are see immediately. Canadians who make our system sound like we are dying while waiting in emerg are grossly exaggerating. More Americans die from lack of affordable Healthcare than Canadians ever will.
I hate when people come from other parts across the border and then they want to criticize everything in the United States and say everything back home is better than you should just stay your ass over there
@gregp5254 I used to go, not for groceries, but for a change of scenery. If I want to go elsewhere in Canada or beyond, it takes a long time and $$. I live maybe 45 minutes from the nearest border crossing at Peace Arch and 2,500 miles from Toronto or 10 hours to London. These days, I don't bother going, partly due to the chance of having a medical emergency in the insane state of health care there.
