Shoutbox

Hey all

Hoping some with experience posting to Canada, especially from the UK can help me out here.

End of January I shipped a cd off to a friend in Canada via the good old Royal Mail's International Signed For (just incase it got lost) only to find that the good old custom people in Canada decided to hold it. Why? Because apparently I didn't put the right thing on the customs label and I was trying to mask it's true value... My friend has since decided to have it returned to me and I'm now waiting, but obviously I will be wanting to try again at sending it. So my question is:

How do I get it past customs?

I bought the item from Japan so does that mean that for the country of origin I should put Japan and fill the details out according to price in Yen? I don't understand why this should be considering that Im posting it from the UK......

Thanks in advance