Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 19:41:05 GMT From: "David Spear" <dspearREMOVE99canopsamo.com> Subject: Re: injector fuel lines
Yeah, I find it a real source of frustration... why is it that I have to pay GST & PST on something that's NOT EVEN AVAILABLE in Canada? And they wonder why folks near enough to the US border get mailboxes (i.e. mailing addresses) in the States and become impromptu small-time smugglers... The only ones that make out here are the shipping companies doing their own customs brokering. Too bad they don't have a "will-hold" window at the border so I could just drive down and pick my shit up and drag it across myself. "Happy-camper" <happycamnopsamail.com> wrote in message news:z4rqb.23899$YN6.13386nopsam02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com... > I have always had to pay Customs duties on everything and UPS seems to have > a minimum 30 dollar brokerage fee for processing the customs documentation , > plus a 10 dollar COD for the brokerage fee and finally Canadian provincial > sales tax on everything, even the 10 dollar COD has sales tax. Quite often > the fees exceed the original value of the item. Free trade my ass!! > "Malcolm" <mwm1XXXnopsamedu> wrote in message > news:fo3hpvsqhdgoo4h9n9p0dal21nv1n51humnopsamcom... > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:24:28 GMT, "David Spear" <dspear99canopsamo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > I order stuff from the States all the time and never know what to > > >expect by way of customs duties... sometimes my stuff slips through > without > > >problem, other times I end up paying half the value (or more!) in taxes, > > >duties, or other "administrative fees" levied by the shipping companies > > >(they all do it). > > > > > >thanks for the suggestion though. > > > > > I think highly of my guy . Under the free automotive trade pact you > > should not have to pay excise or customs. It depends on how you > > supplier declares them. > > > > Good luck > > > > PS I was born in St. Catharines and my kids live round Toronto > > an/Niagara > >