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For good or for bad, Lego shop at home is now in Canadian dollars. The web-site seems to be back up now. Jeff (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca) !
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(...) Great... But not so Great 10151 is priced at 39.99 US and 59.99 CAD That's a 1.5x conversion.... 4752 USD 19.99 CAD 29.99.... StarDestroyer 10030 USD 299.99 CAD 399.99 Ok well this one is 1.33x.... Jeff VW (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Welcome to the world of LEGO exchange rates. ROSCO (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) and for those who did not order theirs yet, the Maersk ship set #10152 is $94.99 CAD or $74.99 US @ a conversion rate of 1.27 Oh well - guess I bought mine too early. Kevin (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) When I did a quick test at www.xe.com/ucc, the conversion of $39.99 USD comes out to be (today, at this moment) $54.99 CAD. As you can imagine, it would be nearly impossible for us to update the price of sets every day to match the current (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Snippage (...) Thanks Jake. It will sure make ordering easier and less of a shock when the Visa bill arrives! It will be nice to not have to guesstimate the currency conversion for cost and shipping. Mike (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well, having the prices in US currency was great when the Canadian dollar was strong. :) I think it's levelled off a bit now. Another bonus from shopping at S@H is that we don't hafta pay a provincial sales tax (7.5% here in BC). But thanks (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) This is a step in the right direction. Thank you Jake. It's good to know you're listening. You did hear that request for Pick-A-Brick in Canada right? ;-) Play well. Tim Strutt (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Uh yes you do. S@H applies the taxes right on your invoice (PST+GST or HST as appropriate). You can't escape that. If S@H didn't charge taxes at the origin then Canada Customs would charge it at the border, plus add a $5 service fee. The (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Not to nitpick, but that's a red herring. S@H already charges Canadian customers for all applicable Canadian taxes, which are the only fees that would be assessed at the border by Canada Customs. This was already in place before the change to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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---- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle D. Jackson" <missioncontrol@symp...mblock.ca> To: <lugnet.loc.ca@lugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks (...) included. (...) Actually, there (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Actually, there is a small savings to be had. You are correct in saying that they charge all applicable taxes. However.... remember that on imported goods valued at more than $20 you are charged a $5 fee in order to collect the taxes, on those (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Are you sure about that? I just looked at an invoice from May and I only got charged 7% GST. Apart from shipping, there was no other amount added to my invoice... -Bryan (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Are you in Ontario or the Atlantic provinces? People outside those provinces only get charged 7% GST. Anyone willing to take Lego shipments and re-ship them to Ontario for a small premium? Or is there any places eg. Mailboxes etc. that will do (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Amen. I got burned like this recently. Keith (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Ahh, I'm in BC so that's probably why I only have the 7% GST. (...) Honestly, I don't think it's worth the effort because the cost of shipping from BC (for example) to Ontario might be equal to or more than the price you get charged for PST. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Yes, but that fee was already baked into the Shipping & Handling you were paying when the prices were in US$. That's what I'm trying to point out. All fees (taxes and brokerage) were already being paid when the prices were in US$. None of that (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Again, those brokerage fees were already included in the Shipping & Handling costs. Another post I made yesterday apparently got buggered up and appeared simply as me quoting myself. What it was supposed to say, was I had to correct an earlier (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) If that is true, then there is something seriously messed up. Since LEGO is not made in Canada, all provinces should have to pay full taxes as if it were bought in their home province. I can't think of any reason why some provinces would have (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Sorry, replying to myself again... According to the Customs Notices on the Canada Border website, all provinces should be charging GST+PST, or HST, for all imported toys. That includes B.C., by the way. ;] None of the provinces have an (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Not really, just do what I did. I emailed them and asked about the new pricing. They cancelled my standing back-order for a 10152 in US$, and replaced it with a new order based on the Cdn$ price. The new order is Cdn$119.19 rather than (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I got an email from S@H that said my order for 10152 was cancelled, but I've seen nothing about it getting re-done. Logging on to S@H just shows it as cancelled. Perhaps I have to manually re-order. Anyone get the automatic cancellation and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Following up on my own article, I've now received a ship notice for 10152. The price is listed as $94.99, hopefully Canadian. So, either the automatic re-order happened, or someone did something on my behalf. If so, thanks! :-) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Mine just shipped as well. The invoice for Cdn$ should look like this: QTY ITEM DESCRIPTION CAD AMOUNT ***...*** 1 1015246 MAERSK SEALAND CONTAINER 94.99 Products 94.99 Tax 14.25 Postage & Handling 9.95 ***...*** Total 119.19 KDJ ___...___ (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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