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Posted by nycionx on Feb-17-2005 04:17:

wut does canada charge?

hey guys. i wanna buy something from the net ($500.CAD from the US; i can only find it there), and i wanna kno wut the canadian gov. charges u for having it shipped to u? like customs or wutever it is. is there like a percentage or flat rate?

Posted by nycionx on Feb-17-2005 04:23:

jaxy? heh. i kno u kno this

Posted by Sly_Guy on Feb-17-2005 04:30:

if you're buying off a person, get them to ship it as a gift and skip all the customs charges

Posted by amb_ on Feb-17-2005 04:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Sly_Guy
if you're buying off a person, get them to ship it as a gift and skip all the customs charges

That designation is not possible anymore.

Taxes are applicable (both provincial and federal sales tax), plus tariffs, depending on the nature of the goods. The pertinent information can be found on the Canada Border Services Agency website at the following link:

CBSA website (link)

Posted by VERTiG0 on Feb-17-2005 05:33:

quote:
Originally posted by amb_
That designation is not possible anymore.

Taxes are applicable (both provincial and federal sales tax), plus tariffs, depending on the nature of the goods. The pertinent information can be found on the Canada Border Services Agency website at the following link:

CBSA website (link)

Yeah. Have them declare a very low value, if possible.

Posted by amb_ on Feb-17-2005 05:48:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Yeah. Have them declare a very low value, if possible.

You'll screw the pooch for insurance coverage that way, not to mention the legal implications of such fraudulent activities.

Bottom line is that most commercial freight companies (UPS, Fedex, and others) require a commercial invoice and any applicable customs forms be completed and included with the waybill before shipping. This speeds up the process with the customs brokerage involved in the shipping process... the invoice declares the value of the goods being shipped and also must match the insured value of the shipment.

It's never wise to ship items of such value without insurance.

Posted by Surreal JRS on Feb-17-2005 05:56:

quote:
Originally posted by amb_
You'll screw the pooch for insurance coverage that way, not to mention the legal implications of such fraudulent activities.

Bottom line is that most commercial freight companies (UPS, Fedex, and others) require a commercial invoice and any applicable customs forms be completed and included with the waybill before shipping. This speeds up the process with the customs brokerage involved in the shipping process... the invoice declares the value of the goods being shipped and also must match the insured value of the shipment.

It's never wise to ship items of such value without insurance.

I purchased a brand new Cisco Catalyst 2950T-24 switch for my house (yes I'm a geek, but being able to do things like layer-3 filtering and QoS on your switch is friggin HOT!).

Anyway, I had the vendor ship it to me as a replacement part. Didn't cost me a cent extra, and had full insurance.

Posted by amb_ on Feb-17-2005 05:59:

quote:
Originally posted by SurrJRS
I purchased a brand new Cisco Catalyst 2950T-24 switch for my house (yes I'm a geek, but being able to do things like layer-3 filtering and QoS on your switch is friggin HOT!).

Anyway, I had the vendor ship it to me as a replacement part. Didn't cost me a cent extra, and had full insurance.

I'm calling Dudley Do-Right!

And again...

that never ceases to amuse me... simple minds

Posted by Surreal JRS on Feb-17-2005 06:14:

quote:
Originally posted by amb_
I'm calling Dudley Do-Right!

And again...

that never ceases to amuse me... simple minds

Cisco is soo pass�. It's all about Juniper Networks!

TRUE BLUE INTERNET 2!

http://abilene.internet2.edu/images/T640-2.jpg
http://www.juniper.net/products/tseries/

Posted by amb_ on Feb-17-2005 06:15:

quote:
Originally posted by SurrJRS
Cisco is soo pass�.

You said it!

mmm those cable distribution troughs at the bottom make me tingle.

yay for thread hijacking

Posted by VERTiG0 on Feb-17-2005 08:03:

HAY GUYZ IS THAT A INTARNET VENDING MACHEINE??!!LOLOL!!!!11

Posted by Transmotion on Feb-17-2005 10:22:

i bought something online for 600US ,after the package came to me,2 weeks later came letter from DHL about some taxes i didn't paid ,never paid those 150CAD .

Posted by Orko on Feb-17-2005 16:35:

Re: wut does canada charge?

quote:
Originally posted by nycionx
hey guys. i wanna buy something from the net ($500.CAD from the US; i can only find it there), and i wanna kno wut the canadian gov. charges u for having it shipped to u? like customs or wutever it is. is there like a percentage or flat rate?

when i got my mp3 shipped here, all i paid was gst + pst

same goes will all my other bit net purchases(the ones they actually charged me for )

Posted by nycionx on Feb-17-2005 19:12:

Re: Re: wut does canada charge?

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
when i got my mp3 shipped here, all i paid was gst + pst

same goes will all my other bit net purchases(the ones they actually charged me for )

ya i want to buy this

http://buyeretail.com/product.asp?f...RIH340&sku=H340

so how much would they charge me on top of that? total so far its 351.92 for the player and then 39.99 or shipping + Customs ($????)?

Posted by Orko on Feb-17-2005 20:01:

Re: Re: Re: wut does canada charge?

quote:
Originally posted by nycionx
ya i want to buy this

http://buyeretail.com/product.asp?f...RIH340&sku=H340

so how much would they charge me on top of that? total so far its 351.92 for the player and then 39.99 or shipping + Customs ($????)?

wow, good choice, thats one nice player, and if i had the money, that would be mine too.

But the iriver players are now avaiable in canada!!! so dont go buying it from over the border before you look around.

www.canadacomputers.com they sell it, just give them a call for a price quote.

Also there are a couple of places downtown in the Eaton Centre, which also sell iriver gear, check them out.

Posted by nycionx on Feb-17-2005 23:30:

Re: Re: Re: Re: wut does canada charge?

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
wow, good choice, thats one nice player, and if i had the money, that would be mine too.

But the iriver players are now avaiable in canada!!! so dont go buying it from over the border before you look around.

www.canadacomputers.com they sell it, just give them a call for a price quote.

Also there are a couple of places downtown in the Eaton Centre, which also sell iriver gear, check them out.

ya but they only sell the 20 gb one. i need 40. infact i need 2346235665 but i kno that aint out yet

Posted by VERTiG0 on Feb-25-2005 20:38:

So if I'm buying a laptop from somebody and getting it shipped ($400 for an IBM Thinkpad R50, the guy had no idea what it was - liquidating a business!), what should I have him declare on the package? What sort of taxes am I going to get nailed with?

Posted by rabbitjoker on Feb-25-2005 20:41:

I will only tell you if you promise to spell what properly.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Feb-25-2005 21:12:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
I will only tell you if you promise to spell what properly.

I don't follow.

You're an evil, evil man.

Posted by malek on Feb-25-2005 21:28:

your IHP will cost yuo 535.56$ canadian, duty, shipping and taxes included from www.ecost.com