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Re: 'Will ship to United States only - Oi!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.people
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Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:25:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Adam Murtha writes:
> And I don't even want to get started on those green forms. Gift,
> merchandise, who really cares anyway. I still haven't figured out why it's
> on there. Most of the packages I get that are not marked gift, require some
> payment to be received from Canada Post, but not all of them for some
> reason. I don't get it. I just try to avoid buying from the US when possible.
The customs form is a requirement of the US post office in conjunction the the
US Customs Service. How that form is treated on the receiving end (Canada is
this case) is based on Canadian customs/duties laws. In the US, 'Construction
Toys' are not charged an import duty. Canada seems to feel otherwise. If I ship
a package with an incorrectly marked customs form, that would be a 'chargeable
offense' (as someone else pointed out). I believe that this form is an
international requirement under the International Postal Union.
If someone is not happy about the charges, they should take it up with the
customs (or elected) officials in their country, not with the seller. I believe
that Canadian Customs would treat these forms exactly the same regardless of the
originating country (US, England, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, etc).
Ray
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| (...) I don't doubt that there are rules and regulations about those forms, and I don't really want someone to have to deal with being charged with mail fraud, or whatever that particular crime would be, especially over Lego. (...) I might complain (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| Ray Sanders wrote in message ... (...) 'Construction (...) ship Just to make it clear, Canada doesn't charge duty on construction toys either: what we get hit with is the GST (=Federal Sales Tax) and a Canada Post $5 charge for collecting the GST. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| I find it annoying as well. And even if I ask nice enough, most people will send me something, because I am in Canada. It seems most people are worried about overseas selling. I think that is understandable. I have not and most likely will no (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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