Le Canada

[sggg]

I've never had a package under $60u get charged duty, even if they technically could have... so I'd take my chances with that.

Even if they did charge duty, it would be minimal.

[Matt]

Originally posted by Morrigan
Well my order would be less than $60 anyway, so hopefully they will accept to mark it as a gift...
Thanks for your tips!

You may want to see if they can mark the price as something artificially low (like $5). I've been charged duty on packages that were declared at far less than $60, so it's good to be safe. And the "gift" thing is a must!

The actual duty isn't a lot, but you'll also get $5 or so in service charges from the government, which can really add up. Sometimes they're more than the duty itself.

And, whatever you do, DO NOT have anything sent to you via UPS, Fedex, or any other courier service. Even if the package isn' dutiable, they will charge you at least $25 in "brokerage fees" and other rubbish.

Good luck! Customs dodging can be a pretty involved business sometimes

[Morrigan]

Yeah, I know about UPS, they're total rip-off! I had emailed AN yesterday and I just got the reply:

The customs charges seem to be at random. While in most cases we do place items as gifts we are required to place the correct price on the forms. Import taxes seem to be chosen at random intervals so there is no way to say if your
package will be charged or not.

Well, sounds like it shouldn't be too bad. I'll wait for a reply from Gamemusic just in case (if they are certain there won't be any custom charges I might go with them), but I'll probably go with AN.

Thanks again everyone.

[sggg]

Some places actually pay the duty for you.

For example, EBworld.com does. Unfortunately with them it's not worth it unless you are buying something like a full console because they charge $15u to ship a single game.

[Matt]

EBworld also ships with Fedex, so even though you don't pay duty, you still end up paying the brokerage fee, which usually costs more than the shipping charge.

I used to order electronic parts from Digikey, which was perfect - duty was included, and they sent everything EMS which meant no extra service charges at all.

[sggg]

Will Canada have a new 11th province somewhere in the sun? Maybe... maybe...

* MP backs lobby for a sunny 11th province
* Canadians for a tropical province
* A place in the sun



Time to send a letter the right honourable Gilles Duceppe. Yes, that's my MP.

[Matt]

Hmm - that'd be like Hawaii but Canadian . You know, they should have picked Turks & Caicos instead of Newfoundland like the did last time, eh?

[icepop]

This news still seems like an April Fools joke to me.

And Newfoundland rocks!

[Rich]

Maybe I'll move to Canada after all!

[Fe 26]

Originally posted by icepop
Have fun. You can visit Sarnia and Sudbury while you're there.


Oh .... and Mississauga.

That anything like Mississippi (not culturally, but where it got it's name, historically)

Does anyone know any good Cider or Ale brands?

And for the record, I don't really care what anyone says about the french. Women get 20 bonus points with me if they are closely related or are, French. Don't know why, but thats the way it is.