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DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:21:22 GMT
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Hey I haven't actually looked into this as of the time I'm replying but
this sounds really cool!
I now have another question, however.....
What is the deal with paying "duty" on items and how is it determined?
I can't seem to find out much info on this and I can't seem to make any
sense of it. I've heard of some items being shipped (esp. from ebay)
and no duty is charged, and some items a duty of some mysterious value
is charged....for example I ordered a $30 book from Amazon.com and
recieved an $8 duty fee from some place.
Can anyone help me on this?
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-TiM
NB, CA
http://echofx.itgo.com
t_c_c@yahoo.com
3ch0fx
Robert Horvath wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I got tired of trying to find Canadian online Lego sellers that were
> competitive...I've been purchasing "sale" merchandise from eToys, Walmart,
> etc. through a service in Canada called Borderfree (www.borderfree.com).
> They act as a broker for you for purchases from companies that do not ship
> to Canada (or in some cases where shipping costs are prohibitive). I
> managed to purchase the Droid Developer Kit from Walmart during the $24.95
> pricing about a month ago and I've managed to purchase Darkside Development
> (along with some other sale items) from etoys using the same method.
> Although eToys ships to Canada, I find after it is all done, I come out
> ahead on the shipping if Borderfree has them ship it to their US "location"
> and then Borderfree ships to me. All you do is install the plugin, go to
> the page with the"add to cart", and then start the plugin. They usually
> have a quote back to you in half an hour in Cdn$ with GST, PST and delivery
> included. You then decide whether you like the Cdn$ total price or not...at
> which time you accept or decline the quote.
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> I don't work for borderfree.com, but I have found it very convenient and
> moneysaving. I've made three purchase (eToys and Walmart USA sales) through
> them already and it worksvery well.
>
> Bob
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Kevin Maynes writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.ca, Tim Culberson writes:
> > >
> > > What sorts of online Toy Stores are there that are Canadian if any? I
> > > mean ones that del in Canadian Dollars and are based in Canada and ship
> > > from Canada. Actually I'm not really interested just in their LEGO
> > > department but also any other toys.
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 | | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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| Duty should not be a problem on LEGO. I've bought from USA and Europe (France). When they come through Borderfree, they act as the broker and classify them properly -- duty free. The only charge is GST/PST as in Canada. If you purchase from someone (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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| (...) G'day Tim, I can help here with things in-bound from the USA. Because of NAFTA, most items (including LEGO) can be imported into Canada from the USA with no duty charges (tariffs). The condition is that the item must be "made in the USA". For (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....
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| Hello, I got tired of trying to find Canadian online Lego sellers that were competitive...I've been purchasing "sale" merchandise from eToys, Walmart, etc. through a service in Canada called Borderfree (www.borderfree.com). They act as a broker for (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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