Anybody sending to USA items with mere paper label COO sticker "Made in USA" and what items you sold | Selling

itolduandso · 2025-06-08T17:05:01.777000Z

Last time I went to Stallion for pickup I've see there Chinese folks putting labels on widgets and plastic molded parts in large quantities, opening boxes, taking each of the plastic pieces out and putting white Made in Canada labels on them. Maybe they are made in Canada, maybe not, who knows. Maybe they print them at hom with a 3D printer, maybe they import from China and sneak things to US as being made in China. These were like various parts likely used in non-consumer products. I spoke with a business owner who lives in Windsor and sells things like smal tubes or special fasterners and he takes packages to US when visiting his brother just on the other side of the border. He said, why I don't just put a paper label on things that are made in Canada or in the USA and they are vintage. On products where I know for sure they are made in USA/Canada and they are older than the current products available in stores, vintage being 20 years, without need to be antiques, because that white paper label would count as COO, its enough and I shouln't be worry at all about the sticker.Maybe he is right. I found a Vintage Norwalk juicer left on the side walk, pristine condition and working. Its 1980s maybe, who knows. I have no need for this so I thought to sell it. I have a buyer from the US. I don't know what generations these are but there there is no Country of origin printed on them, no Made in USA, who knows why they didn't put the COO there at that time, probably because nobody cared about puttin one there, or maybe it is missing, it only shows the company name and city and state and zipcode. The phone number is not in service anymore, I mean the company is no longer in business it seems.So why do I do in this case? This is clearly a USA product. So he told me just to put white sticker label on it Made in USA and I will be fine.I am revisiting my earlier post again here saying products older than 20 years do not need to have COO. https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Seller-Central/US-Country-of-Origin-marking-Exceptions/m-p/520984What do people do in case like this? 1. I know the decission about whether to put a tariff or not is with the US customs officer2. Does it mean if the product doesn't have a original COO either stamped, etched, painted etc, then I am at the mercy of the US customs whether they decide to let it pass or not? Put a white COO label and cross my fingers?And what do people do with real antique. I have an older wool blanket that was made by Hudson Bay company wone of the older ones they made, same model selling online for 100's dollars, they are real value, the tag is damaged and not readable but they may have been made in UK rather than in Canada. SO what do I do? Same thing, put the CCO label on it, what Made in Canada?

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