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Re: Lego Canada close at the end of the year. (from rtl)
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:21:57 GMT
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Hi,
I hope that Lego will copy other US mail order firms and charge the GST
upfront, so that we won't be charged the $5.00 handling fee that the post
office charges. (Or the $15 fee that the other shippers charge.) It is
interesting to hear that there is no duty on toys.
I also hope that there will be good sales later on this year in Canada. Has
anyone heard whether the whole Canadian operation will close, or only S@H?
It will be nice to have access to all the US selection, but it was nice to have
a few discontinued sets available to us for trading purposes!
Michel Magnan
> > I like Lego Canada, but for years I've been harping that the US S@H offers
> > many sets that are not available here. But I now realize that it's a two
> > way street in that there are ones available in Canada that are out of stock
> > south.
> > My big fear is _duty_. I bought a Dacta vehicle set from Kaplan. The set
> > was about $60CDN and I was hit with $15 for duty and processing.
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> Yep. The owner of a local toystore told me the same thing a while back.
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> Duty actually should not be a problem - I believe there is no actual
> _duty_ on toys, judging from my experience getting things from the US.
> What there IS, is GST - and the $5 per package service charge that
> Canada Post charges for collecting it. It's possible that lego might be
> able to arrrange to collect the GST so that Canada Post doesn't -
> American magazines collect the GST on subscriptions so we don't pay it
> every time one arrives in the mail.
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> It will also make delivery time considerably longer.
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> The only good thing I can think of is that S@H Canada might have a
> blow-out sale at the end of the year before they move. After all, they
> won't want to move lots of stock down to Enfield, right? Well, we can
> hope!
>
> Kevin
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| (...) Yep. The owner of a local toystore told me the same thing a while back. Duty actually should not be a problem - I believe there is no actual _duty_ on toys, judging from my experience getting things from the US. What there IS, is GST - and the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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