I bought an item from Australia for $15 CAD but the seller described it as a $50 item on the shipping label, which could incur me a lot of import charges that I never asked for. What should I do if this occurs? Should I refuse the package and if so, would it be returned to the seller and make me eligible for a refund? Thanks in advance.

On the third hand.Sales tax on a $50 item would be between $2.50 and $7.50, while most duty is less than that (On DVDs which you seem to buy fairly often it's 7% or $3.50).And time is money.Is your time spent correcting the error worth more or less than $11.00 or so?It is also possible that CBSA and Canada Post are still following a, not quite legal but very intelligent, policy of ignoring low value imports and not charging any import fees, including Canada Post's $9.95 service fee. You can...

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