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Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:45:00 GMT
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle D. Jackson" <missioncontrol@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.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
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Jake McKee wrote:
> > Plus, that doesn't even factor in any customs costs that might be • included.
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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 Cdn$ prices. So there are no "customs costs"
> to account for that weren't already being paid for by your customers, so
> "customs costs" are not valid justification for different prices.
>
> But the rest of what you said makes sense...
Actually, there will be some cost overhead for Lego in adiminstration and so
forth because they are accountable to Canada Customs for the fees they
collect and ensuring it is all properly tracked. The border charges $5.00
for the same service, and UPS bends you over and - oops, family forum. UPS
charges "a hefty fee".
James
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 | | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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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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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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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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