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| | | I've shipped a 7150 to Canada using small packets airmail, but now my buyer says the post office called him and wants an additional $9 and change. Any idea what is going on here? Since I mailed the package at the post office I'm sure the postage is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | Re: Shipping to Canada, help! —Bryan Wong
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| | | | | (...) I doubt that additional postage is required. The $9 is probably the amount that needs to be paid for customs. LEGO is NOT duty free going into Canada, and I guess there's a 50/50 chance of getting charged for duties each time you receive (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | Re: Shipping to Canada, help! —James Brown
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| | | | (...) (no, but I've got lots of experience on the receiving end) It won't (or better not be!) a duty. Duties are paid at the receiving end, and the only duty applying to Lego is a flat 7% GST on the declared value + $5 handling fee, AFAIK but (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | | Re: Shipping to Canada, help! —James Powell
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| | | | | (...) I know...I'm still waiting for a letter from PBB over a mislabeling of a set. The correct number is 95.03.20 and for shipment into canada of products made in most favored nations (like the US and Denmark), there is _no_ duty. James Powell (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | | Re: Shipping to Canada, help! —Tommy Johnson
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| | | | (...) Apparently it's the GST plus fee, the buyer is going to pay it and realizes it isn't something I had any control over. Advice for sellers: advise your Canadian buyers to be ready for these charges! -Tommy (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | | Re: Shipping to Canada, help! —Bob Predy
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| | | | (...) $5 (...) If sellers shipping to Canada mark the package as a gift on the customs form then we in Canada do not have to pay GST. (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | | Re: Shipping to Canada, help! —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | (...) a) there's a dollar value (I seem to remember $25) above which this is (or was) not true. I've ended up paying duty and GST on my incoming Xmas gifts some years. b) If you want the seller to do this, let them know before the auction finishes. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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