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Chris Gray wrote:
> Dean Husby <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> writes:
>
> > Bradley Dale wrote:
> >
> > > In lugnet.reviews, Chris Gray writes:
> > > > "Bradley Dale" <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > I did the math before, and $5 S@H is about $16 of actual Canadian money. • Would
> > > > > that still be a good buy?
> > > >
> > > > Huh? US $5.00 / 0.65 => about Cdn $7.70 . Add GST => 8.24 . Where does
> > > > the rest come from?
> > >
> > > Two places--
> > >
> > > Shipping- $4.50 US
> > >
> > > Taxes are added before conversion rate. And Ontario taxes are bad enough as
> > > they are- with S@H, it's about 21 cents per dollar.
> >
> > Shipping is $6.xx for shipping. Don't forget to add an extra $2 for duty or
> > whatever it was...
> > That's $9 bucks CDN for shipping. I figure that when S@H moved to the US our
> > prices for S@H stuff jumped about 26%.
> >
> > I used to order MANY things from S@H, now I consolidate my purchases though
> > friends and whatnot. I'm hoping S@H's trucks to Canada won't be full and they
> > will waste money and smarten up and not charge us Canadians though the nose...
>
> Sorry for including the entire history above, but I thought it was needed.
>
> I made my first big train order to S@H not long ago. I don't quite see
> how it all worked out, but here are the numbers:
>
> Total for goods, in US funds: 303.88
> (4565 + 2x4531 + 3x4515 + 4553 + 2x5304 + 5302 + 5303)
> Total for order, given over the phone: 307.20
> (also shown on my credit card statement)
> Amount in Cdn $ charged to my card: 468.87
>
> That's a conversion rate of about 0.655, which is pretty close to the
> value reported on the nightly financial news.
If you were to pay by cheque you'd only pay .43x % in exchange...
> So, amortize the extras by making a few large purchases rather than a
> whole lot of small purchases, and the added bits pretty well disappear.
> There are *no* duties on toys. I see *no* GST in the above (a mistake
> by Lego, or are they swallowing it?), and since I live in Alberta, there
> are no provincial taxes. Also, the order was > $75.00, so I got a free
> Spy Runner.
You do pay GST and the $2.00 charge for brokerage/duty (That's what they call it).
Check your bill.
> All in all, I'm quite happy with S@H service to Canada. The parcel arrived
> in under 2 weeks.
You purchased almost $500 CAN. I doubt you would be doing that again... Next time
you will see what I mean...
Plus, by the sounds of it you didn't buy it 'in the good old days'...
Oh well... Everyone can do what they want really.
Dean
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