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  Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
 
Why did you pay $4 for a stamp? ;-) -Adam (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
 
  Doh! Canada is expensive...
 
I finally got around to sending in my LUGNET membership fee today. I got a US$10 money order and a US stamp - my cost in CAD dollars? $19.49! Ouch! (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
 
  Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
 
(...) And they evidently collect on non-postal imports as well..., I drove that large order in personally. (...) Well given that a BrickBay package that just arrived from Italy was also taxed, I guess I won't be seeing anything come back. Since (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
 
  Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
 
(...) Kyle, I don't think you will have much luck getting your PST back. CCRA (was Revenue Canada) and the province of Ontario have a service level agreement to collect PST at the border. I just double checked the Customs site and CCRA also has (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
 
  Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
 
Following up my own message here. I had posted in the previous message that in Ontario you should only have to pay GST on imported LEGO from the USA. This was based on information given to me directly by Customs by telephone. As it turns out this (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)


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