To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.market.shoppingOpen lugnet.market.shopping in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Marketplace / Shopping / 985
    question to the North American folks —Torsten Fresemann
   With all this ordering about at Busy Bee and discussion about those high shipping charges, I thought of another cost factor which should come up: Don't you have to pay any import duties and taxes on your orders? Regards, Torsten (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Larry Pieniazek
     Lego imports into the US duty free. Someone on Lugnet dug up the US customs reference on their webpage. If you search for lego and customs in the same search string I bet you will find it. Can't say for Canada. (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Scott Edward Sanburn
     (...) I don't know for sure, but I think, since it is such a rare set, that people will pay for it, no matter what cost there may be involved. Scott S. (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Jason M. Normand
   (...) Torsten, That is one of the reasons the shipping costs are so high. The charges for Customs and import taxes are including in shipping. As for the Taxes on the actual merchandise, legaly even if you recieve a package from another state you are (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Scott Edward Sanburn
   (...) Really? I thought you only paid sales tax if you live in that state, say I bought an item from Michigan, where I reside, from a Michigan distributor. I don't think many local taxes are in sales, etc. It is mostly income and property tax. i (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Mike Timm
   (...) if (...) property (...) I'm not Larry and don't play him on the internet :^) The way I understand it, currently and in MN, is that any mailorder purchases where the MN sales tax is not collected you are supposed to pay a "use tax" that happens (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Mike Walsh
    Mike Timm wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) purchases (...) states (...) in a (...) About the only thing I have ever seen this applied to is the purchase of a car. If you buy a car in one state but title it in another, you don't have (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: question to the North American folks —Larry Pieniazek
   In at least MI, NY and FL, there is putatively a "use tax" that you owe on purchases made out of state, and there is an official form to pay it which can be attached to your income tax return (in the MI and NY cases) or sent in with a check (since (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR