bajajurel
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I want to purchase tile for my patio
Does anyone have a recommendation where I can buy tile for my outside patio? Somewhere between TJ and Rosarito?
Is there any problems bringing it north across the U.S. border?
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Home Depot has a good selection and prices.
Crossing north with tile is like anything else. You'll pay duty on it.
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You can bring in about $400 worth of goods per person without duty, I believe. We made 2 trips to Tecate, and brought back 1800 saltillos without
being asked for anything.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
You can bring in about $400 worth of goods per person without duty, I believe. We made 2 trips to Tecate, and brought back 1800 saltillos without
being asked for anything. |
I didn't realize it was near that much.
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The duty free limit coming into the US is $800 per person.
There is a wait period between multiple trips but I think that it is relatively short, (a week or maybe a month?)
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FYI......
Americans Re-Entering USA (per person allowance)
Less than 48 hours: Goods valued up to US$200
Alcohol: 5 oz. of alcoholic beverages or 150 ml of perfume containing alcohol.
Tobacco: 50 cigarettes + 10 cigars (non-Cuban)
More than 48 hours: Goods valued up to US$800 - once every 30 days
Alcohol: 1 litre (33.8 oz.) liquor / wine / beer?
Tobacco: 1 carton cigarettes + 100 cigars (non Cuban)
*May mail gift parcels to friends or family in US worth up to $100 US
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
You can bring in about $400 worth of goods per person without duty, I believe. We made 2 trips to Tecate, and brought back 1800 saltillos without
being asked for anything. |
Could you please specify the source of the tiles? Was it from out of town or a tile store on the main drag? And the price for your saltillos? Thanks
very much.
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msteve1014
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I do not recall the name of the place we bought from. There are many of them on the the highway heading west out of Tecate. Talk to a few and work the
best deal you can. We paid about $0.65 each for super saltillos, if I remember correctly.
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remember if you buy them from
different "lots" you could get
different colors
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msteve1014
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Mine are all differant colors, from yellow to pink, and half and half. Very few plain red tiles. It it exactly what we wanted.
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I do appreciate the information since I have seen at least one tile store in town while driving. Thanks alot.
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The worst part of buying from different sources is not the color variation but the SIZE variation!  
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Thanks to all for the responses.
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bajajurel
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
I do not recall the name of the place we bought from. There are many of them on the the highway heading west out of Tecate. Talk to a few and work the
best deal you can. We paid about $0.65 each for super saltillos, if I remember correctly. |
Did you install these yourself? Will they work for an outside patio installed on top of a concrete patio? Where did you get your grout as I read
there is a special grout that needs to be used so it doesn't crack.
thanks.
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