Originally Posted by
mattryyc
I'm faced with a nice problem to have, while in the US a company I work with gifted one of their products to me, a laptop that they don't sell yet, but will soon. How would something like this work with customs, I'm in the US for 4 days, then through customs in YYC and want to be up front about it. Value is just a best guess since it is not for sale, but I would guess its worth about $700USD.
Just be honest. Declare it at $700 on the form, and when you go to the cashier just tell them exactly what you wrote here. You are very unlikely to have a problem when you are be open and volunteering to pay duty/tax.