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Re: Envelopes are NOT enough (was Re:...never receive your package?
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lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.loc.ca
Date: 
Thu, 12 Oct 2000 01:04:55 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Kevin Wilson writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > I've noticed lately (last 2-3 months?) that everything coming from
> > the US has been tagged for GST.  Have any other Canucks noticed this,
> > or it is "pick on James" month at Canada Customs?
> 
> Hasn't happened to me recently... it's definitely you they are after :-)

Maybe it's just us Albertans - the feds don't like that we don't have
a provincial sales tax.  :-)   Seriously, I suspect it's because Kevin's
stuff is below Cdn$50 in value and is coming from a private individual
who is correctly taking the extra ten seconds to fill out that little
green customs tag as contents being a gift of LEGO.  Over $40 or $50
declared value, and we get nailed.  If it's a business shipment (instead
of personal/gift which is what we're doing) from LEGO S@H, then the
small $value gift exemption doesn't work.  James is either getting some
good sized persontoperson shipments, or is calling S@H too much.   :-)

As for the US govt. types not charging on LEGO heading south, I would
want some more confirmation on that - it doesn't seem likely.

SRC



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Envelopes are NOT enough (was Re:...never receive your package?
 
(...) Most of the packages I receive are person-to-person and in the $20-$40 range. When I talked to my mailman last week, he agreed with me that there seemed to be a much larger group of packages getting tagged by Customs recently. <shrug> Maybe (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.loc.ca)
  Re: Envelopes are NOT enough (was Re:...never receive your package?
 
(...) Check out: (URL) keeps popping up every once in a while. Todd - could you transfer that info to something on the news.lugnet.com/market/shipping page (or is news.lugnet.com/market/theory better?)? (I guess I could FTX it and then you could add (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.loc.ca)

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  Re: Envelopes are NOT enough (was Re:...never receive your package?
 
(...) Hasn't happened to me recently... it's definitely you they are after, James :-) Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.loc.ca)

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