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Subject:	Re: Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shopping
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:54:20 GMT
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SRC wrote: > I know from my last order that they are charging GST on items. This IMO > is totally bogus! The GST applies to purchases made IN CANADA. We're > buying something from the USA, (as evidenced by the customs charge) so > the GST does not apply. No, the GST applies to purchases made by Canadians. If you buy something in the US and bring it back in and pay customs duty on it, you get to pay GST too. If you subscribe to a US magazine, the cost includes GST. If you mail order something from the US and the mail order co DOESN't collect the GST, you pay GST on it when it gets here and Canada Post collects a $5 "handling fee" as well to add insult to injur. So Lego's $2 US fee is cheaper! > in the wound" part - It's all done in US$, so the tax is 150% as much as > it should be, 7% of the US price, converted into CN$, is the same as converting the price to CN$ and then taking 7% of it. How do you come up with 150%?? > and we also get charged a percentage/fee to convert our pesos. Hmmm? I don't see that in the catalog or on the orders I made recently. You can actually pay by mail in CN$ with no conversion fee, and the rate (at 1.43) is better than what you'd get at the bank and better than the 1.5.. I was charged by my CC company. Kevin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Lego Web page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/lego.html Open Air Market: Limited edition kit http://www.lionsgatemodels.com/cat-mrkt.htm Craftsman Kits & Custom Lego models: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com

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		Re: Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
(...) I'm not surprised at what IS, I'm saying that it SHOULD not be occuring. It is double-dipping. The GST was to take the place of the manufaturer's tax. Duty is to "protect" domestic companies from foreign competition. (With NAFTA, there (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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		Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
(...) Absolutely - I suspect we would all concur. Perhaps that is going to be "fixed" when the on-line ordering becomes available. Julie Krenz wrote: (...) Another good point. What really bother's me though is this: " In placing your order, you (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)

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