Shipping to canada

[TiG-]

i know theres customs and duties and all that "stuff" (wont use the word i want i'll get it removed :P)

but if i'm buying speakers from someone is there anyways i can avoid paying duties? its not much of a deal if duties are almost as much as the product...

you can pm me or reply in this thread.

and if i'm not supose to be talking about that you can remove my post, i just wanted to see if anyone knew.

[jpmkm]

Yo, this is for help and feedback about the forum. btw, you can say shit(if that's what you were thinking of).

[Muttsta]

you could mark it as a gift, but that doesn't always work
you could also mark it as being realllllly low value ($20)
If you do that and your package gets lost, all you get is $20 tho :)

[thephenom]

It's not exactly "customs" as in penalty, it's more like charging you Sales Tax depending on the province on the value of the product or your listed value.

You could ask the seller to list it as a gift. Any gift under $60CDN value will not be taxed. Your declared value has nothing to do with your insurance value as Muttsta said earlier. Declared value is for customs only, insurance value is on a totally different invoice apart from Canadian customs.

In terms of shipping tips, ship with Fedex or USPS. Cuz they won't charge you brokerage fee even if you have to pay tax. (UPS charges $20+CDN for brokerage alone + the tax you have to pay)

Hopefully, this will clear some mis-understanding here.

[Kroz]

^ Not true, I received a MoBo that I bought on eBay, it was clearly marked as gift and had a value of $40 US. I was charged Sales tax and an Import Duty (as appilies to computer components), what really pissed me off was the $5.00 Handleing fee that Customs charged me to have them figure out what to charge me!

The next day I received a CPU from the US that was marked gift with a value of $100 US and no tax was charged?!?!

Both packages were sent USPS... I cant figure it out.

I think that with the traffic and the ammount of people taking advantage of the 'Gift' system they just pull random boxes and charge those people duty. Who is going to complain to the government?

Oh and the easiest way to avoid Duty is to no buy from someone in the states. This thread is asking how to do something illegal and is against the rules.

[Filter]

i heard there was a big stink about this on the annatech forums. about ways to get around it. as far as i know its illegal to try and get aroudn this.

[thephenom]

^ Not true, I received a MoBo that I bought on eBay, it was clearly marked as gift and had a value of $40 US. I was charged Sales tax and an Import Duty (as appilies to computer components), what really pissed me off was the $5.00 Handleing fee that Customs charged me to have them figure out what to charge me!

The next day I received a CPU from the US that was marked gift with a value of $100 US and no tax was charged?!?!

Both packages were sent USPS... I cant figure it out.

I think that with the traffic and the ammount of people taking advantage of the 'Gift' system they just pull random boxes and charge those people duty. Who is going to complain to the government?

Oh and the easiest way to avoid Duty is to no buy from someone in the states. This thread is asking how to do something illegal and is against the rules.
I got charged before, but it only said sales tax and $5 customs fees, and that was a CPU/Heatsink combo.

[2dFx]

Unfortunately getting whacked with customs is hit or miss. Depends on how lazy the customs officer is feeling since he/she has to deal with a large volume of packages a day.

I was one of the unfortunate ones. I orderded my punk-ish spike wristband from the states and it was withheld with claims that its a weapon. An appeal is currently in the works, I await my decesion! :D