Is there any way around paying the Canada Customs handling fee and tax, when they deliver your records? I see on their site that you do not have to pay any fee if the goods are under $20 CDN which chaps my ass as i've got 14 records coming for th UK.

Do I suck it up and live with this fee?


I wonder how come the records compaines just dont but the price for all the records as like 1 doller. I heard that groovetech does that but i'm not intirely sure.

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Originally posted by Carona I wonder how come the records compaines just dont but the price for all the records as like 1 doller. I heard that groovetech does that but i'm not intirely sure.

Because if they do that, your package will be worth $1, therefore when it gets lost well you know...


anyways my buddy always asks bangingtunes.com to put gift on it and your custom fee will be free! I dont know about other companies.

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well, i have been testing chemical, if you order 7+ records, customs has open the package all three times, they didn't for for a 3 record package, and i am testing a 5 package right now!!

that gift thing sounds interesting.........

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chemical never have custom fees to pay for anymore. apparently they worked out some deal with our postal services or something and that their packages go straight through. atleast thats what i've been told by brisky who posted that info on this board a few months back.

as for other companies? suck it up and pay for it. there is no way around it. jordan, that 14 vinyl order is going to cost you some coin.

for me it's been random, I would get a package of 20 records and not have to pay anything at all, sometimes I get a package of 2 records and they still charge me the customs fee and tax.

but don't forget about the NAFTA & Groovetech.... NAFTA being the free trade for North America so technically u are not suposed to pay anything for a package comin from the States

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Originally posted by mikefasssy well, i have been testing chemical, if you order 7+ records, customs has open the package all three times

and how much does the cost? $2:50 a record I heard......

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Originally posted by trancearmada for me it's been random, I would get a package of 20 records and not have to pay anything at all, sometimes I get a package of 2 records and they still charge me the customs fee and tax.

Same with me. Whoever said that Chemical goes straight through, that's not true, I ordered 10 records a month ago or so and got slapped with a customs charge.

But then again, most of the time I don't get charged with Chemical.

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but don't forget about the NAFTA & Groovetech.... NAFTA being the free trade for North America so technically u are not suposed to pay anything for a package comin from the States

HUH? I just ordered 5 vinyls from the States 2 weeks ago and got a $14 customs charge... what gives?

EDIT: and I was wondering about it too! I thought, "what about that Free Trade dealio?"

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Originally posted by Alccode Same with me. Whoever said that Chemical goes straight through, that's not true, I ordered 10 records a month ago or so and got slapped with a customs charge.

ok, i'll ask again, how much was the fee for those 10 records?



The thing that pisses me off most, if that it's so random. Why pay sometimes and not others?

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yea it works out to about 2.50 per vinyl.

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Originally posted by Alccode HUH? I just ordered 5 vinyls from the States 2 weeks ago and got a $14 customs charge... what gives? EDIT: and I was wondering about it too! I thought, "what about that Free Trade dealio?"

yeah I talked to a rep yesteraday at Canada Post and she said that no matter where the package comes from if it's valued more than $20 in value most of the times there will be customs charges (always had to pay $5 charge to the customs for them to open the package, those bastards make a fortune on it) + GST + PST.

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I don't get charged duty on orders on Only-DJs for some reason. But everywhere else yes.

On a side note, has anybody noticed now that the war has started it is taking alot longer to get records from Europe.

I've ordered from Dancegrooves twice andI haven't been charged any fee yet. Dancegrooves and Only-dj's are both located in Holland so maybe that has something to do with it.

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2) Roger Martinez - Kaleidoscopic
3) Ormatie - She Very
4) 16 Bit Lolitas - Murder Weapon
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