Originally Posted by
SteadyAT
You DO clear customs; just at a slightly different location. You input the relevant info into the automated kiosk, and it spits out a receipt. You present this, along with your passport to a Border Services Officer, who will look at your documents, and possibly ask you a few questions before okaying you to go through the doors that lead you to the awaiting bus.
I did do this, interestingly the YVR staff told me not to bother with the eDeclaration - apparently it takes forever to parse the QR code and locks the machines.