When making purchases across the border under private circumstances...are there brokerage fees and duty?
For example if someone were selling bike parts off a web forum (not from any store or commercial outlet) will you get dinged by customs??
thnx
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Shipping privately across border ?
When making purchases across the border under private circumstances...are there brokerage fees and duty?
For example if someone were selling bike parts off a web forum (not from any store or commercial outlet) will you get dinged by customs??
thnx
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ship it as a gift
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different companies will charge you different handling fees
as long as its shipped as a gift under 60 bux (or a commercial sample) you wont pay duty and tax tho
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Be careful by under-declaring. If they lose it or damage it, the insurance is only what you declared.
Khyron
That's not sweat. It's your fat, crying.
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just use discretion, dont sihp 60 pairs of 300 dollar jeans with the price tags on them as a 60 dollar gift
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What did you have in mind? Although you can ship an item as a gift and you won't pay very much (if anything), the CCRA (Canada Customs & Revenue Agency) --CAN-- open the package. If they do, then they generaly charge you a service fee for opening (I've had fees range from $15 to $35).
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im confused....why do they charge you for opening??
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I dont understand why the charge u tax and duty on used goods???
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Canadian economy, good thing, keeps jobs, etc - that sort of thing.Originally posted by old&slow
I dont understand why the charge u tax and duty on used goods???
Khyron
That's not sweat. It's your fat, crying.
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they charge you a fee if they decide to open it, it is called an "inspection" fee. i have had to pay that "inspection" fee a few times, an i am pretty sure they did not even open the package, if they did they re-sealed it so good i could not tell.
i think it just ends up being the luck of the draw, some of my stuff has arrived with no fee's or duty, and others i have ahd to pay, you can increase the chance of not paying anything if you declare it as a "gift" but i have had CCRA ask me for proof of value for the "gift" and then i had to pay duty on that,
the duty charges are usually not that bad, most of mine were 2.5%,
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Got charged gst and a "handling fee" on a $400 item.
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