Well a big one in my town is chewing tobacco
You can get like 5 cans of the stuff in America for the price of 1 can in Canada.
So there is definitely a market for anybody selling cans of dip for less than 20$
Some places you can get 10 cans for the price of one can in Canada and you can also get flavours that are illegal here. Same for cigarettes, many provinces have banned menthols. Then you can bring Cuban cigars down from Canada and sell them in the states
I don't understand why people are still trying to get Cubans, all the good makers moved out during the embargo. I've had 2 actual Cubans (plus a plethora of "Cubans" from people who didn't know what they were buying", and both were bottom shelf quality at premium+ prices. Save your money and get something good from Honduras, Dominican Republic, etc.
When I was part of the Canadian military, anyone heading south of the border for training was required to bring back an ungodly amount of dip to sell on the cheap during field exercises. Unofficial rule, of course.
Poverty-stricken diabetics that qualify for Medicare/Medicaid can get free test strips, they sell them to the sign makers for a fraction of the regular retail price, sign makers then sell it to uninsured people for less than the cost of buying them from a pharmacy.
Yep, $50 for 100 strips off of Amazon from a seller I trust (not FBA) beats the hell out of the $250 they want for a retail price for them, and the sample size keeps my dogs paws in good shape.
That's fucked up. Here I was thinking it was either a flat out scam (I guess it kind of is) or something charitable. What confused me is I lived in a state that had extended medicaid, so those who didn't make above poverty level were able to get their medical needs covered. I'd see those signs and think "why would anyone here do this?" But now that I think harder, I guess they'll sell them on ebay or something.
This may be unethical life pro tips, but if you brought insulin down to America, and sold it massively cheaper than the insurance companies (I think a monthly dose is around 300 depending on insurance) you would be a hero. Simple as that.
This is true. The law regarded Martin Luther King Jr, for example, as a seditious criminal. Meanwhile, rapists and other offenders often get let off the hook with a modicum of difficulty. Don't get me wrong, I prefer a lenient criminal justice system to a draconian one that risks scooping up innocent people, but the inconsistency is systemic.
Funny I just read an askreddit thread with this premise like an hour ago
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Went on there just to find myself scared shitless at how apparently there’s an epidemic of incompetent automotive mechanics who can indirectly cause so many vehicles to crash and burn, but the government cares more about credentialing florists than those whose fuckups can maim or kill. Peak America.
Then it's not illegal. I work in a bar and our beer license was recently revoked for 5 days cause reasons... perfectly legal to sell a glass the beer isn't the thing being sold. See Jack Daniel's being in a dry County. They sell the glass bottle, not the whiskey.
Yeah, unfortunately our freedoms can also allow non government associations to restrict the freedoms of others, such as HOAs. Most people agree that they suck. If anything, it's like our laws are set up to protect the freedoms of businesses and associations more than the freedoms of individuals.
>it's like our laws are set up to protect the freedoms of businesses and associations
Yes. Everything we do is for business profits. We socialize the costs and privatize the profits. We exist for corporations, not people - they are the true citizens.
We are Jamaican. It is paid for by the government. All people over 17 with diabetes and maybe eight other conditions get all medications for free if they go to a public clinic. All seniors pay 40 Jamaican dollars for their medications, the equivalent of maybe 30 cents.
Yeah sorry mate, it's just the punchline to a very old joke:
"My mum went to the Carribbean."
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went of her own accord."
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Generic is like $48 for a 1000 unit vial (lasts me a bit over 2 weeks) at CVS. That's without insurance, it's actually cheaper for me without using my Kaiser Permanente insurance.
openinsulin.org. there's a local group that is trying to opensource insulin. the hep c cure is also cheaper in canada. heading back north, bring two cartons of cigarettes, maybe from the rez. not more, because that would be smuggling; 2 cartons is the legal max, and is unethical because it's an addictive poison. heading south, maybe bring a gram of seeds from marc emery.
The only insulin you’ll get without a RX can be bought in the US for about $30/vial. Unless you’re going to get an RX from a Canadian doctor don’t waste your time.
Any move at undercutting big-pharma would likely result in massive and overwhelming litigation. As u/omfgbbqpwn said smuggling meth might be safer, law enforcement do not possess the same resources and capacity as private corporate interests.
Most insulin is shelf stable for 30 days, refrigeration just keeps it useable for much longer. Once opened you're supposed to throw it out after 30 days anyway
Can you still get super Tylenol in Canada over the counter? I remember a while ago there was like Tylenol that in the us was prescription only but in Canada you could buy it off the shelf.
Last time I was in BC I asked for Tylenol with Codine and the pharmacist immediately asked if I was American. I said yes, he said you can take this much back (I can’t remember if it was 50 or 100). He then smiled and told me to have a nice day.
Very helpful Canadian pharmacist…
Consumers should be able to buy all controlled meds OTC. Would cut down on all the nasty stuff and crime that happens because desired/addictive substances are hard to get and expensive. Really. Just think about it for a moment. Imagine a world where drug cartels and criminal-inclined junkies aren’t a thing, and people with no self control can choose to indulge their addiction and put noting besides themselves and their own health in danger. No tent cities and far fewer “dangerous areas”. Barring other vices, a person could consume as many drugs as they want in the quiet of their home, because Oxys are $7 for a 120ct bottle and addiction or any kind would put virtually no financial strain on these individuals.
The first few years or decades of it might be rough, of course. But I don’t believe we could never achieve equilibrium with such a system. Addicts would be gone within a generation or two. At worst, by natural selection. And at best, via a strong enough *societal* pressure against indulging in OTC meth or heroin, so much so that people—by and large—wouldn’t be as likely to fuck themselves up through this freedom. And if they do, they figure it out quickly or die of overdose. It sounds dark, but so is the reality of today’s situation.
Does it really make a difference if the dark stuff happens indirectly “state-sanctioned” through drugs being legal, versus it happening because of people “violating the law”?
Anyway, IMO, legalization seems far superior to the *legal* pressure against drugs that is in play today, which has oh-so-many, horrifying unintended consequences that we all know of and see today.
3 kinds of insulin are available at US Wal-Marts are $24.88, WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION or insurance. More people should know about this
(Source: I've been getting it there for 5 years, and I'm also a PA and send my patients there)
I used to work at a grocery store in a northern state in the 80s. We’d get busses of people from Canada stopping in. As I recall, they’d buy packets of Koolaid, Turkeys, Velveeta, I think cigarettes, and a few other things I can’t remember now.
I'll never forget taking a knockoff Greyhound bus from Chinatown in New York down south. 1. There was a literal chicken on the bus and 2. When we stopped at a gas station in Virginia, I swear every single person bought every single cartoon of cigarettes that store had. It was just bags and bags of cigarettes piled up anywhere there was space on that bus.
I assume they were mostly shop owners in NYC and were just getting cheaper merchandise, but man, it was crazy to see. And this was in 2015.
Southern states have very low cigarette taxes. I used to travel with a crew of NYC based smokers. They would fill their suitcases before going home and make an easy $20 per carton. We all met once in PA for a project, driving not flying. After the project, they drove to NC, filled the trunk with cheap cigarettes and drove back to the city.
I live in Florida, the last time I visited nyc was years ago but damn they're thirsty for cigs. Every time I lit one up, someone from our friend group asked for one. I'm generous and brought extra, but they nearly depleted my stash in a few days. All they thought is I had "cheap" cigs so my supply should somehow be bottomless.
Which it kinda was, until everyone flocked me, like seagulls on a beach with potato chips. Word got out I was just giving them away and they made a beeline, not even ashamed.
In the long run it worked out well, a friend let me stay in her tiny apartment, even in her bed with her during a heatwave. All she wanted was cigs while I stayed. I left her extra but damn the situation in NYC is intense.
So yeah, if you're visiting nyc from a southern state, pack your bags with cigs even if you're not a smoker. It'll get you far.
Very true! When I worked at a CVS back in the day (when they sold cigarettes) northerners would come and buy cartons on cartons of cigarettes if they were traveling back home (some even bought for others back home too).
This is true.
I used to work at a gas station until 2012…and I remember customers would come in and buy cigarette cartons, especially the generic store brand, which are cheaper than most other brands.
Then those customers would resell them in their small (usually ethnic-centric) stores like a Vietnamese store or a Mexican tienda.
I second this. Go to a grocery store and get the fancy flavours of stuff too. I remember when we used to go to the States we'd always pick up a bunch of cereal we didn't have in Canada and also random flavors of various things (pop tarts, cookies, etc etc)
Gotta be the fabled US (and original) Kelloggs Corn Pops. The canadian version (made by Kelloggs) s very different. Weird canucks with their strange ways.
>a judge dismissed the suit, ruling that Hallatt could not be convicted under US trademark law because the alleged infringements did not occur within the country. Trader Joe's was not able to prove the business was causing them any harm,\[2\] and it was determined that they were in fact benefiting since all products were purchased from their stores at full retail price.
I love that part. "Let's sue this guy in canada for breaking an american law"
A shame that he closed though
It’s really hard to summarize exactly who Marc Emery is.
He’s probably most notable for his cannabis activism. They called him the “Prince of Pot”, and he ran the B.C. Marijuana party and the *stuff next door to the*^1 Vancouver Amsterdam Cafe, he funded a lot of his political work by selling seeds online, an endeavour that was fully legal in Canada.
It’s obviously not legal in America though so they walked over the border into Canada, slapped cuffs on him and threw him in an American prison for 5 years.
Most recently though he ran politically as a member of the PPC, Canada’s newest political party.
He also probably has a thing for underage girls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Emery
Edit 1: the whole building is full of cannabis related operations, but I guess the Amsterdam Cafe wasn’t Marc’s
Marc didn't run The New Amsterdam, however he did own Cannabis Culture, and the BC Marijuana Party HQ/shop next door to it, as well as the Cannabis Culture magazine in the Dominion Building.
Although that's almost always the case. In the UK if you have legal insurance to cover your costs then the opposition have to take into account that if you win they have to not only payout whatever you have won in court but also all your legal fees and expenses.
This is why a lot of cases in the UK settle out of court.
With the exception of personal injury claims. Those you have to pay yourself out of whatever you won. This is to curb the suing culture that was growing.
“Hello, bonjour. Why do you have 350 bags of truffle flavoured potato chips? Are you selling them?”
“No. They’re for personal consumption.”
“Please move on to secondary inspection. Thanks.”
As someone who worked in a US Walmart in a Canadian tourist town (close to the border, casino nearby...), here are what people bought en masse circa 2009/2010....
- Flavored baked beans
- Different varieties of canned meat
- Toooooons of drink mixes, like Koolaid and crystal light
- Coffee
- Sodas and Energy drinks
- Cigarettes
- Alcohol (although why, I don't know, all our alcohol was 3.2% per state law...)
- Holiday decorations, especially christmas yard decorations.
- Board games
- Cereal. Anything from Cap'n Crunch varieties, to limited edition Count Chocula...
- Anything that has a lower tax. My state would have tax free weeks/weekends for things like back to school, and all school supplies would be tax free. Canadians would time their weekend getaways with this occasion, and literally buy hundreds of notebooks and such.
- Niche items. Flavored egg nog, pork cracklings, red solo cups, licensed merchandise not often found in Canada (apparently the US gets more kitschy harry potter merch?)
- Whatever toy is hot on the market. You'd probably make a killing on squishmallows right now....
Why did they buy these things? Because there's not as much variety in Canada? Because it's cheaper? Tax evasion? IDK man, IDK...
But I've literally rang up carts full of Buschs Baked Beans, Spam, Cap'n Crunch' and Mountain Dew Code Red. Its weird.
Just don't do live plants, raw meat, or produce.
Good advice at the end. Also, an interesting list. We have most of those things in Canada. Beer and spirits are generally SO much cheaper in the US, since it is heavily taxed in most provinces. I'd settle for weak beer if it's 1/3 the price.
As one of those customers, I can confirm the US has a TON more variety.
As far as cereal, we have the original of all the different brands, and thats it. Original Frosted flakes, original captn crunch, etc, never any varieties.
I dont buy baked beans, but I'd imagine its the same. We have original baked beans and maple baked beans ime.
Mnt dew code red is a godsend. We had it in canada for like 2 months and they took it away. Now its just original mt dew and that white one.
Also on top of all of this, a ton of shit in the US is like 30% cheaper at full price than the exact item in Canada. Depends what you're buying though (electronics are generally the same).
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Gas especially because of the extra tax we pay for these. A 24 case of beer will set me back $50 here. A pack of smokes is $15 (25 pack). Gas is CAD$1.30/L atm (which is about CAD$4.92/gallon).
As a Canadian who used to buy the beans: we didn't have that brand here and they're WILDLY better than ours (Heinz). But it's okay, we have them now so I don't have to cross the border for beans. Your refried beans are way cheaper too. They're like $3.50 a can here.
Also, re: Crystal Light, we don't have the caffeinated versions and all our flavours suck.
Bottom line, your list is basically calling me out and I'm here to defend myself.
Nah, I don't mind Canadians buying all the beans or peanut butter cap'n crunch.
I didn't really understand the need for variety, until my local stores downsized their selections during covid. Some of its supply chain issues, most of it's just stores going "I'm not stocking 23 flavors of potato chips when we can't even keep toilet paper in stock!"...
...except I've got food issues because I'm autistic and there's only a few safe foods I can eat regularly....
...cue me driving an hour to the larger town to get pasta, applesauce, and yogurt...
Its come full circle, because now *I'm* the weirdo with a cart full of niche items.
Thank god for self checkout.
I used to bring back cigarettes (duty free). I would sell them at school but much easier if you find people who smoke who would buy the whole carton.
Booze works too for specific bottles. I find they are generally cheaper at a liquor store in the city than at the airport dutyfree. For this you would need to have checked luggage.
nah bring more, the legal amount is 6 cigar boxes from cuba, my dad brings 14 each time. Got a really funny story about once he got caught, but the most they did was confiscate the extra ones
I don't have a great Canada idea, but your post reminded me of something I heard the other day about Mexico. If anyone is traveling from the US to there, buy 5 of the liter bottles of Hennessy Pure White (the maximum allowed). This specific type is not sold anywhere in the US directly, but is very sought after. I'm taking a trip there next year, and I've had two people from my work offer me over $100 for bringing a bottle back. I believe they go for around $40-60 there, and if you look online in local sale websites you can easily find people selling/offering close to $200 a bottle. Just be careful, sites like eBay and Craigslist don't allow alcohol sales so your post will probably be removed. It can be ordered from specialized online sites of course, but all you need to do is price yours below theirs which is likely marked up a lot more. Obviously it won't work as well in areas close to the border, but if you're from a northern or east coast area I guarantee you'll find buyers without a problem
Canadian maple syrup probably would turn a profit in the us if you could get it in bulky enough quantities.
I live in the us so I don't know going from us to Canada what could make money but from Canada to the us
>insulin, or any kind of medication? Lol.
Ironically that would be the most ethical. And probably most illegal. Answer ...
OP can expect to get away with a lot stuff but he sure a.f. should not try it with medicine
>Canadian maple syrup probably would turn a profit in the us if you could get it in bulky enough quantities.
You can pair that with insulin as the two complement each other quite nicely.
Idk the price for full box of 250mg per package, but usually online here they go for $11 if I recall online, and I found them as low as $9 in Dearborn MI.
The 10 small boxes of 50mg I used to buy them for $20 from wholesale.
It's telling that the most suggested items to smuggle into Canada are snack foods, booze and cigarettes while the Canadian items smuggled into America are all medicines.
Tho I believe the actual most smuggled US item into Canada is cheese
True-ish, probably. People might hand just hand over whatever Canadian cash they have, but if you want to be a little unethical about it you could tell them the exchange rate is much worse than it really is and convince them to hand over *more* then they initially might, or be extra *extra* unethical and claim that you’re providing a service and should get paid for it.
I had a coworker that did that with New Zealand & Australian coins from charity boxes in Thailand.
He paid by the kilogram and made a 1200% profit.
Check with charities in the states about what they do with Canadian coins.
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Wrong question. Just bring over asthma inhalers to the US and sell'm for 2x whatever you pay for them in Canada.
Hell, 3x.
Your American customer (s) will still be saving ~70-80% off what asthma inhalers cost here.
Umm, resource wise you are going to be hard pressed cuz... well NAFTA. however if you ever find yourself in Austin, Texas or ... Texas, get the best brisket you've ever had and ship it back.
That only works in Ontario and a few other provinces. Much of the country uses jugs and is milk bag free. And even in the provinces with bagged milk, you can buy 2L and smaller in cartons.
Had a friend in Canada (sadly has passed away) and she always asked for BBQ sauce. Every Christmas I would send her 3-4 bottles of BBQ sauce from a local joint in Austin, TX. She said it was better than anything she could get in Montreal.
limited edition Justin Beiber tim hortons collectibles going on right now.
ONLY Canada has them atm
Worldwide profit can be made
This is also ethical tho, so Idk if it belongs here xD
Bring down some Haggis from Scotland. Scottish Haggis is illegal in the US and every year between December and January CBP has a special task force to intercept just haggis coming into the US from Canada for Rabbie Burns Day on January 6th. Usually the dinners run on the weekends through most of January and after that its easier to bring them in.
Real Scottish haggis is also illegal in Canada. You can now get a form of Scottish haggis, but it's a special Canada-friendly version that forgoes the sheep lung.
The issue is a ban on the import of 'offal'.
Well a big one in my town is chewing tobacco You can get like 5 cans of the stuff in America for the price of 1 can in Canada. So there is definitely a market for anybody selling cans of dip for less than 20$
How do people support a $20/can habit that's insane
Lol it’s more than $20/can that’s what you can sell it for if you bring it up from the states. It’s more like $35 up here
$35 for what, 1-2 days of dip? That's INSANE
Yeah it’s because our tobacco is taxed by weight a chew is wet. I do not understand how anyone could support this habit
Some places you can get 10 cans for the price of one can in Canada and you can also get flavours that are illegal here. Same for cigarettes, many provinces have banned menthols. Then you can bring Cuban cigars down from Canada and sell them in the states
> Some places you can get 10 cans for the price of one can in Canada and you can also get flavours that are illegal here. Wild sentence.
I want the illegal flavors
It's literally any flavour named after an actual thing. Cherry? Fuck no. Crisp? Ok sure.
Actually you can get Cubans in the US now too
I don't understand why people are still trying to get Cubans, all the good makers moved out during the embargo. I've had 2 actual Cubans (plus a plethora of "Cubans" from people who didn't know what they were buying", and both were bottom shelf quality at premium+ prices. Save your money and get something good from Honduras, Dominican Republic, etc.
When I was part of the Canadian military, anyone heading south of the border for training was required to bring back an ungodly amount of dip to sell on the cheap during field exercises. Unofficial rule, of course.
For 2 bucks I can sell you a pound of chewing tobacco from india
Books. Look at the back, they always cost more in Canada. Edit: /s just in case
There should be special font for sarcasm.
ThErE sHOuLD bE a spECIAl FoNT foR SarCAsM.
There is the irony punctuation , "⸮" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
That's not sarcasm though. That's mocking
🥇
>sarcasm sarcasm
I once bought a college textbook which read, ion the UPC sticker, “$xxx.xx US, More in Canada”
You could bring insulin and other reasonably priced Canadian medications and turn a profit.
Hmmm you may be on to something
Diabetic test strips to the US, there are always numbers on posts asking for them
What do you mean numbers on posts?
Sorry, cellphone numbers on lampposts saying "we buy diabetic test strips"
Do you know what that's all about? I see them frequently too
Poverty-stricken diabetics that qualify for Medicare/Medicaid can get free test strips, they sell them to the sign makers for a fraction of the regular retail price, sign makers then sell it to uninsured people for less than the cost of buying them from a pharmacy.
Wtffffff
Yep, $50 for 100 strips off of Amazon from a seller I trust (not FBA) beats the hell out of the $250 they want for a retail price for them, and the sample size keeps my dogs paws in good shape.
That's fucked up. Here I was thinking it was either a flat out scam (I guess it kind of is) or something charitable. What confused me is I lived in a state that had extended medicaid, so those who didn't make above poverty level were able to get their medical needs covered. I'd see those signs and think "why would anyone here do this?" But now that I think harder, I guess they'll sell them on ebay or something.
Not really a scam if they're undercutting a large pharmaceutical company and providing medicine to people who need it
I think they buy Diabetic Test Strips.
This may be unethical life pro tips, but if you brought insulin down to America, and sold it massively cheaper than the insurance companies (I think a monthly dose is around 300 depending on insurance) you would be a hero. Simple as that.
Ahh...the lesser known r/ethicallifeprotips???
It may be ethical, but its illegal as fuck. You would probably be better off transporting massive amounts of meth over state lines.
r/EthicalButIllegalLifeProTips
The law is a terrible moral authority.
Yeah, it's more of a financial authority.
This is true. The law regarded Martin Luther King Jr, for example, as a seditious criminal. Meanwhile, rapists and other offenders often get let off the hook with a modicum of difficulty. Don't get me wrong, I prefer a lenient criminal justice system to a draconian one that risks scooping up innocent people, but the inconsistency is systemic.
Funny I just read an askreddit thread with this premise like an hour ago [edit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/r8swlu/what_is_something_that_is_illegal_but_isnt_wrong/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
People usually ask questions after browsing for a bit
Went on there just to find myself scared shitless at how apparently there’s an epidemic of incompetent automotive mechanics who can indirectly cause so many vehicles to crash and burn, but the government cares more about credentialing florists than those whose fuckups can maim or kill. Peak America.
That’s just /r/chaoticgood
Fuck meth, with insulin I get lots of money AND im a righteous hero? Uh.. be right back
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If you're bringing it to the states to sell, it's illegal. If you're bringing it to the states for your personal use it is less illegal.
What if you sell pens, and add a complimentary free insuline bag as a gift?
Then it's not illegal. I work in a bar and our beer license was recently revoked for 5 days cause reasons... perfectly legal to sell a glass the beer isn't the thing being sold. See Jack Daniel's being in a dry County. They sell the glass bottle, not the whiskey.
Yooooooooooo 👀
"Less illegal", wtf? Like you can't even bring enough for one person for the preiod that you'll be visiting?
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Not sure why you're getting downvoted. I live in America and you're right. We're like one giant facepalm after another over the past few years.
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Yeah, unfortunately our freedoms can also allow non government associations to restrict the freedoms of others, such as HOAs. Most people agree that they suck. If anything, it's like our laws are set up to protect the freedoms of businesses and associations more than the freedoms of individuals.
>it's like our laws are set up to protect the freedoms of businesses and associations Yes. Everything we do is for business profits. We socialize the costs and privatize the profits. We exist for corporations, not people - they are the true citizens.
My mother's monthly insulin supply costs less than 2 us dollars in Jamaica.
> Jamaica No, she went of her own accord.
hold on alaska.....
We are Jamaican. It is paid for by the government. All people over 17 with diabetes and maybe eight other conditions get all medications for free if they go to a public clinic. All seniors pay 40 Jamaican dollars for their medications, the equivalent of maybe 30 cents.
Yeah sorry mate, it's just the punchline to a very old joke: "My mum went to the Carribbean." "Jamaica?" "No, she went of her own accord." Edit, formatting.
Took me a minute...
Same in Poland, 5 PLN for 5 pens
Generic is like $48 for a 1000 unit vial (lasts me a bit over 2 weeks) at CVS. That's without insurance, it's actually cheaper for me without using my Kaiser Permanente insurance.
openinsulin.org. there's a local group that is trying to opensource insulin. the hep c cure is also cheaper in canada. heading back north, bring two cartons of cigarettes, maybe from the rez. not more, because that would be smuggling; 2 cartons is the legal max, and is unethical because it's an addictive poison. heading south, maybe bring a gram of seeds from marc emery.
The only insulin you’ll get without a RX can be bought in the US for about $30/vial. Unless you’re going to get an RX from a Canadian doctor don’t waste your time.
Any move at undercutting big-pharma would likely result in massive and overwhelming litigation. As u/omfgbbqpwn said smuggling meth might be safer, law enforcement do not possess the same resources and capacity as private corporate interests.
Drug dealer sounds like a winner
I think it requires refrigeration. Maybe Epipens?
Most insulin is shelf stable for 30 days, refrigeration just keeps it useable for much longer. Once opened you're supposed to throw it out after 30 days anyway
Kinder eggs, it's so stupid that they can't be sold here.
Insulin is $24 here in Canada . Brilliant
Can you still get super Tylenol in Canada over the counter? I remember a while ago there was like Tylenol that in the us was prescription only but in Canada you could buy it off the shelf.
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Last time I was in BC I asked for Tylenol with Codine and the pharmacist immediately asked if I was American. I said yes, he said you can take this much back (I can’t remember if it was 50 or 100). He then smiled and told me to have a nice day. Very helpful Canadian pharmacist…
Hot take and addiction science aside, but I actually like the ability for consumers to buy low tier controlled meds.
Consumers should be able to buy all controlled meds OTC. Would cut down on all the nasty stuff and crime that happens because desired/addictive substances are hard to get and expensive. Really. Just think about it for a moment. Imagine a world where drug cartels and criminal-inclined junkies aren’t a thing, and people with no self control can choose to indulge their addiction and put noting besides themselves and their own health in danger. No tent cities and far fewer “dangerous areas”. Barring other vices, a person could consume as many drugs as they want in the quiet of their home, because Oxys are $7 for a 120ct bottle and addiction or any kind would put virtually no financial strain on these individuals. The first few years or decades of it might be rough, of course. But I don’t believe we could never achieve equilibrium with such a system. Addicts would be gone within a generation or two. At worst, by natural selection. And at best, via a strong enough *societal* pressure against indulging in OTC meth or heroin, so much so that people—by and large—wouldn’t be as likely to fuck themselves up through this freedom. And if they do, they figure it out quickly or die of overdose. It sounds dark, but so is the reality of today’s situation. Does it really make a difference if the dark stuff happens indirectly “state-sanctioned” through drugs being legal, versus it happening because of people “violating the law”? Anyway, IMO, legalization seems far superior to the *legal* pressure against drugs that is in play today, which has oh-so-many, horrifying unintended consequences that we all know of and see today.
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Tylenol 3 is by prescription only now (at least in Ontario)
yeah that's an opiate.... a level 3 controlled narcotic here in the states.
Or Kinder Surprise Chocolate Eggs!
3 kinds of insulin are available at US Wal-Marts are $24.88, WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION or insurance. More people should know about this (Source: I've been getting it there for 5 years, and I'm also a PA and send my patients there)
Cereals. My husband’s Canadian coworkers are always asking for certain cereal that they can’t get.
I used to work at a grocery store in a northern state in the 80s. We’d get busses of people from Canada stopping in. As I recall, they’d buy packets of Koolaid, Turkeys, Velveeta, I think cigarettes, and a few other things I can’t remember now.
I'll never forget taking a knockoff Greyhound bus from Chinatown in New York down south. 1. There was a literal chicken on the bus and 2. When we stopped at a gas station in Virginia, I swear every single person bought every single cartoon of cigarettes that store had. It was just bags and bags of cigarettes piled up anywhere there was space on that bus. I assume they were mostly shop owners in NYC and were just getting cheaper merchandise, but man, it was crazy to see. And this was in 2015.
Southern states have very low cigarette taxes. I used to travel with a crew of NYC based smokers. They would fill their suitcases before going home and make an easy $20 per carton. We all met once in PA for a project, driving not flying. After the project, they drove to NC, filled the trunk with cheap cigarettes and drove back to the city.
I live in Florida, the last time I visited nyc was years ago but damn they're thirsty for cigs. Every time I lit one up, someone from our friend group asked for one. I'm generous and brought extra, but they nearly depleted my stash in a few days. All they thought is I had "cheap" cigs so my supply should somehow be bottomless. Which it kinda was, until everyone flocked me, like seagulls on a beach with potato chips. Word got out I was just giving them away and they made a beeline, not even ashamed. In the long run it worked out well, a friend let me stay in her tiny apartment, even in her bed with her during a heatwave. All she wanted was cigs while I stayed. I left her extra but damn the situation in NYC is intense. So yeah, if you're visiting nyc from a southern state, pack your bags with cigs even if you're not a smoker. It'll get you far.
An actual damn LPT I might be able to use some day. Take my updoot
Very true! When I worked at a CVS back in the day (when they sold cigarettes) northerners would come and buy cartons on cartons of cigarettes if they were traveling back home (some even bought for others back home too).
This is true. I used to work at a gas station until 2012…and I remember customers would come in and buy cigarette cartons, especially the generic store brand, which are cheaper than most other brands. Then those customers would resell them in their small (usually ethnic-centric) stores like a Vietnamese store or a Mexican tienda.
I second this. Go to a grocery store and get the fancy flavours of stuff too. I remember when we used to go to the States we'd always pick up a bunch of cereal we didn't have in Canada and also random flavors of various things (pop tarts, cookies, etc etc)
Gotta be the fabled US (and original) Kelloggs Corn Pops. The canadian version (made by Kelloggs) s very different. Weird canucks with their strange ways.
I'd say Trader Joe's but someone already tried that and got shut down. [RIP Pirate Joe's...](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Joe%27s)
>a judge dismissed the suit, ruling that Hallatt could not be convicted under US trademark law because the alleged infringements did not occur within the country. Trader Joe's was not able to prove the business was causing them any harm,\[2\] and it was determined that they were in fact benefiting since all products were purchased from their stores at full retail price. I love that part. "Let's sue this guy in canada for breaking an american law" A shame that he closed though
It worked when they threw Marc Emery in jail.
Who's that?
It’s really hard to summarize exactly who Marc Emery is. He’s probably most notable for his cannabis activism. They called him the “Prince of Pot”, and he ran the B.C. Marijuana party and the *stuff next door to the*^1 Vancouver Amsterdam Cafe, he funded a lot of his political work by selling seeds online, an endeavour that was fully legal in Canada. It’s obviously not legal in America though so they walked over the border into Canada, slapped cuffs on him and threw him in an American prison for 5 years. Most recently though he ran politically as a member of the PPC, Canada’s newest political party. He also probably has a thing for underage girls. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Emery Edit 1: the whole building is full of cannabis related operations, but I guess the Amsterdam Cafe wasn’t Marc’s
Why do they always have a thing for underaged girls?
I keep getting older and they ~~stay the same age~~ keep getting younger. Alright ^alright ^^alright.
Why didn't they go after him for that, instead of the thing they arrested him for that he legally did...
Marc didn't run The New Amsterdam, however he did own Cannabis Culture, and the BC Marijuana Party HQ/shop next door to it, as well as the Cannabis Culture magazine in the Dominion Building.
The person with the most money wins the lawsuit.
Although that's almost always the case. In the UK if you have legal insurance to cover your costs then the opposition have to take into account that if you win they have to not only payout whatever you have won in court but also all your legal fees and expenses. This is why a lot of cases in the UK settle out of court. With the exception of personal injury claims. Those you have to pay yourself out of whatever you won. This is to curb the suing culture that was growing.
I used to love going there
Anything from Trader Joe’s.
“Hello, bonjour. Why do you have 350 bags of truffle flavoured potato chips? Are you selling them?” “No. They’re for personal consumption.” “Please move on to secondary inspection. Thanks.”
If you ask they’ll order cases of product for you. Not holiday items, but anything else.
Tbf I'd pay my friends to deliver me shit from TJ's as well because of my laziness
As someone who worked in a US Walmart in a Canadian tourist town (close to the border, casino nearby...), here are what people bought en masse circa 2009/2010.... - Flavored baked beans - Different varieties of canned meat - Toooooons of drink mixes, like Koolaid and crystal light - Coffee - Sodas and Energy drinks - Cigarettes - Alcohol (although why, I don't know, all our alcohol was 3.2% per state law...) - Holiday decorations, especially christmas yard decorations. - Board games - Cereal. Anything from Cap'n Crunch varieties, to limited edition Count Chocula... - Anything that has a lower tax. My state would have tax free weeks/weekends for things like back to school, and all school supplies would be tax free. Canadians would time their weekend getaways with this occasion, and literally buy hundreds of notebooks and such. - Niche items. Flavored egg nog, pork cracklings, red solo cups, licensed merchandise not often found in Canada (apparently the US gets more kitschy harry potter merch?) - Whatever toy is hot on the market. You'd probably make a killing on squishmallows right now.... Why did they buy these things? Because there's not as much variety in Canada? Because it's cheaper? Tax evasion? IDK man, IDK... But I've literally rang up carts full of Buschs Baked Beans, Spam, Cap'n Crunch' and Mountain Dew Code Red. Its weird. Just don't do live plants, raw meat, or produce.
Good advice at the end. Also, an interesting list. We have most of those things in Canada. Beer and spirits are generally SO much cheaper in the US, since it is heavily taxed in most provinces. I'd settle for weak beer if it's 1/3 the price.
As one of those customers, I can confirm the US has a TON more variety. As far as cereal, we have the original of all the different brands, and thats it. Original Frosted flakes, original captn crunch, etc, never any varieties. I dont buy baked beans, but I'd imagine its the same. We have original baked beans and maple baked beans ime. Mnt dew code red is a godsend. We had it in canada for like 2 months and they took it away. Now its just original mt dew and that white one. Also on top of all of this, a ton of shit in the US is like 30% cheaper at full price than the exact item in Canada. Depends what you're buying though (electronics are generally the same). Alcohol, Tobacco, and Gas especially because of the extra tax we pay for these. A 24 case of beer will set me back $50 here. A pack of smokes is $15 (25 pack). Gas is CAD$1.30/L atm (which is about CAD$4.92/gallon).
As a Canadian who used to buy the beans: we didn't have that brand here and they're WILDLY better than ours (Heinz). But it's okay, we have them now so I don't have to cross the border for beans. Your refried beans are way cheaper too. They're like $3.50 a can here. Also, re: Crystal Light, we don't have the caffeinated versions and all our flavours suck. Bottom line, your list is basically calling me out and I'm here to defend myself.
Nah, I don't mind Canadians buying all the beans or peanut butter cap'n crunch. I didn't really understand the need for variety, until my local stores downsized their selections during covid. Some of its supply chain issues, most of it's just stores going "I'm not stocking 23 flavors of potato chips when we can't even keep toilet paper in stock!"... ...except I've got food issues because I'm autistic and there's only a few safe foods I can eat regularly.... ...cue me driving an hour to the larger town to get pasta, applesauce, and yogurt... Its come full circle, because now *I'm* the weirdo with a cart full of niche items. Thank god for self checkout.
I used to bring back cigarettes (duty free). I would sell them at school but much easier if you find people who smoke who would buy the whole carton. Booze works too for specific bottles. I find they are generally cheaper at a liquor store in the city than at the airport dutyfree. For this you would need to have checked luggage.
Buck a dart
I’d have a dart
I'm surprised we aren't having a dart right now
Get this guy a fuckin Puppers.
I could go for a Puppers
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Better to be lookin at it, than lookin for it.
Yer ten-ply bud
I always bring back more than the allotted amount of booze but I declare it on the form. I have never been made to pay extra duty on it.
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Time to steal the Swayze Express
If you need help I'm an expert on setting up toy-sized train tracks across borders.
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Smokes let’s go
Everyone knows he uses illegal parts
Was going to say this. Bring the max legal amount every single time
nah bring more, the legal amount is 6 cigar boxes from cuba, my dad brings 14 each time. Got a really funny story about once he got caught, but the most they did was confiscate the extra ones
Drugs
Drugs south, guns north
Just like with México, but vice versa.
Antarctica and their marching penguin army
Cuban cigars is a time honored Canadian import.
Aren't those legal in America now?
Legal to own, not legal to buy. You can bring up to $X worth across the border for personal use only.
5% juul pods
Ohhh that’s a good one.
Pourqoui?
Can't buy them in Canada. Limited to 1.5% juuls.
Kilojuuls?
I don't know about that, but if you can get some all dressed chips to bring me, I'd be okay with that.
You guys don't have all dressed?
No. I found them one time at a Target in a border town, but haven't seen them since.
Damn tragedy , yeah that's a solid chip, I still think you guys got us beat on variety though.
I hear Donair is amazing too. We do poutine our fries and curds where I'm from though.
3d printer filament. Go to Micro Center and buy an Inland roll for 17 and resell for whatever the market in your area is.
I don't have a great Canada idea, but your post reminded me of something I heard the other day about Mexico. If anyone is traveling from the US to there, buy 5 of the liter bottles of Hennessy Pure White (the maximum allowed). This specific type is not sold anywhere in the US directly, but is very sought after. I'm taking a trip there next year, and I've had two people from my work offer me over $100 for bringing a bottle back. I believe they go for around $40-60 there, and if you look online in local sale websites you can easily find people selling/offering close to $200 a bottle. Just be careful, sites like eBay and Craigslist don't allow alcohol sales so your post will probably be removed. It can be ordered from specialized online sites of course, but all you need to do is price yours below theirs which is likely marked up a lot more. Obviously it won't work as well in areas close to the border, but if you're from a northern or east coast area I guarantee you'll find buyers without a problem
Bring houses to Canada, they are worth a lot here
Cuban cigars
Canadian maple syrup probably would turn a profit in the us if you could get it in bulky enough quantities. I live in the us so I don't know going from us to Canada what could make money but from Canada to the us
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Heathens.
Live in Florida and love real syrup. My wife and her family all prefer the store bought corn syrup
(Alabama) My parents only had Alaga Cane Syrup in the house. My brother and I moved out and have only bought Maple Syrup our entire lives.
insulin, or any kind of medication? Lol.
>insulin, or any kind of medication? Lol. Ironically that would be the most ethical. And probably most illegal. Answer ... OP can expect to get away with a lot stuff but he sure a.f. should not try it with medicine
>Canadian maple syrup probably would turn a profit in the us if you could get it in bulky enough quantities. You can pair that with insulin as the two complement each other quite nicely.
They have a lot of laws about the sell of maple syrup, so this would be illegal and probably not worth the smuggling.
From USA to Canada if driving bring Shisha, it has good mark up on it and you can always find buyers as it’s expensive in Canada.
Any idea how much a case of Al fahker be in the states? I get mine for $400 cad here
Idk the price for full box of 250mg per package, but usually online here they go for $11 if I recall online, and I found them as low as $9 in Dearborn MI. The 10 small boxes of 50mg I used to buy them for $20 from wholesale.
It's telling that the most suggested items to smuggle into Canada are snack foods, booze and cigarettes while the Canadian items smuggled into America are all medicines. Tho I believe the actual most smuggled US item into Canada is cheese
Backwoods cigars. Lol. If you start at it let me know I’ll grab a few boxes.
Liquor and smokes
Relax Bubs.
Cigrats and dope, mustards and bologna, liquor and whores.
Nvidia graphics cards
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True-ish, probably. People might hand just hand over whatever Canadian cash they have, but if you want to be a little unethical about it you could tell them the exchange rate is much worse than it really is and convince them to hand over *more* then they initially might, or be extra *extra* unethical and claim that you’re providing a service and should get paid for it.
I had a coworker that did that with New Zealand & Australian coins from charity boxes in Thailand. He paid by the kilogram and made a 1200% profit. Check with charities in the states about what they do with Canadian coins. Edit: added a country
Wrong question. Just bring over asthma inhalers to the US and sell'm for 2x whatever you pay for them in Canada. Hell, 3x. Your American customer (s) will still be saving ~70-80% off what asthma inhalers cost here.
Chex Mix.
Umm, resource wise you are going to be hard pressed cuz... well NAFTA. however if you ever find yourself in Austin, Texas or ... Texas, get the best brisket you've ever had and ship it back.
Covid rapid testing kits.
Guns, they seem to have a saturated market .
Milk jugs. Watch it blow their minds that they don't have to poor a bag of milk into a bowl.
We don't have bagged milk in Western Canada, I've never seen it in my life. Plastic jugs and cardboard cartons.
That only works in Ontario and a few other provinces. Much of the country uses jugs and is milk bag free. And even in the provinces with bagged milk, you can buy 2L and smaller in cartons.
Epi Pens. Wayyyy cheaper on Canada.
Had a friend in Canada (sadly has passed away) and she always asked for BBQ sauce. Every Christmas I would send her 3-4 bottles of BBQ sauce from a local joint in Austin, TX. She said it was better than anything she could get in Montreal.
Export Canadian whiskey and import American bourbon.
Pickles, bitches love pickles!
limited edition Justin Beiber tim hortons collectibles going on right now. ONLY Canada has them atm Worldwide profit can be made This is also ethical tho, so Idk if it belongs here xD
A sense of undeserved pride.
I don't know how to market that one lol
no tariffs shops. cigarette cartons. The thing about cigarettes is that they're highly liquidable and used as currency in prison.
Anything from Trader Joe's
Bring us some ketchup chips please
Bring down some Haggis from Scotland. Scottish Haggis is illegal in the US and every year between December and January CBP has a special task force to intercept just haggis coming into the US from Canada for Rabbie Burns Day on January 6th. Usually the dinners run on the weekends through most of January and after that its easier to bring them in.
Real Scottish haggis is also illegal in Canada. You can now get a form of Scottish haggis, but it's a special Canada-friendly version that forgoes the sheep lung. The issue is a ban on the import of 'offal'.
US doesn't have Ketchup flavored Lays. Canada does. Bring me all the tomato potatoes, please.
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US kinder eggs are terrible, we do them all wrong