CANADIANS: Read before you purchase from the USA!!!

[canuckchat]

If you reside in Canada - and purchase an item from the USA - you need to educate yourself as to the fact that you WILL be paying applicable taxes and possibly duties on the item when it crosses the border into Canada.

Yes, if the item is shipped by postal service, your "brokerage handling fee" will be a nominal $5 or $8 - plus the applicable taxes for your province (and possibly duties, but seldom are they charged.)

And yes, MANY times the items shipped by postal service are NOT charged taxes or duties incoming - so sometimes you will escape paying the taxes that are due to the Canadian and provincial governments.

However, you should ALWAYS - and I stress ALWAYS! - calculate the cost of the taxes and possibly duties into the decision to make a purchase internationally.

Additionally, if your item is sent by the USA seller (or other international seller) through a courier service (for example, UPS, FEDEX, DHL, etc.) then your applicable brokerage fee will be upwards of $25, on a sliding scale dependent upon the value of the incoming item.

Yes, these fees (brokerage, tax, duty) are ALL part of the cost of buying an item internationally and having it shipped to you in Canada.

It is NOT up to the seller to pay these for you - YOU are the importer of record - YOU are the one who will be billed for these charges - YOU are the one who will NOT get your parcel until you pay these charges.

So - before hitting the "BID NOW" button, do a bit of calculating and make an informed decision to see if it is really worth getting that imported widget!

Happy Bidding, Folks!
:-D

[junglejammies]

joan8908, you are in the wrong department. You should have gone to the Answer Centre. Obviously, you didn't bother to read the rules:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/buy/bid-retract.html

[peddlergal]

If you do not pay for the item you have bid on and won, you will see an Unpaid Item Dispute filed against you by the seller; this will result in a "strike" against you.

The seller also has the right to give you Negative Feedback for failing to complete the terms of bidding and winning their auction.

And yes - you are in the wrong thread forum to discuss this!

[sysfixr]

[adam12adam12]

...another bump to keep 'er off of page 2

[canuckchat]

tks

[canuckchat]

BUMP - educate the masses - its a big job.. somebody's gotta do it!

[zen.harmony]

This really should be pinned! 🙂

*bump*

ZenHarmony

[sysfixr]

helium injection

(so this'll float back to the top)

[canuckchat]

... bump... and hopefully... a permanent helium injection is forthcoming after a good chat with the pinks at the R&R show this morning....

yoohooo are y'all coming to pin this up now?? puh-lease????

[canuckchat]

burp...

[canuckchat]

UP TO DA TOP

[canuckchat]

Many grateful thanks for this, you pinks ROCK!

[canuckchat]

Not all couriers are the same when it comes to brokerage fees; a recent posting informs us of this:

DHL - brokerage charge - 7.25 on a $115.00 parcel

[5000piecespuzzle]

YES!!!

Congrats CC!

You/your post deserve it! 😄

AND PEOPLE READ CANUCKCHAT "ME" PAGE ALSO, LOTS OF VERY GOOD INFOS IN THERE!




Thank You!

[nicki9912]

WooooHooooo, Nice Pin CC !!





it's about time...

[junglejammies]

Not all couriers are the same when it comes to brokerage fees; a recent posting informs us of this:

DHL - brokerage charge - 7.25 on a $115.00 parcel

Correct CC! So if anyone opts for DHL, I can handle that!

[boatingdarkknight277]

Ok. If you can say, please tell me how I might estimate my overall costs to purchase, and have delivered, something specific from the states, to ship to Canada. The ad specifies an international shipping flat rate of $12.95 US (acceptable), and these items usually go for $40-45, on average. Now with the NAFTA regs in place, would I first determine if the item is manufactured in the states, or offshore (as I suspect)? Will I find my answer here, and if not, does anyone have a current link to the Canadian federal agency that will have this answer? Thanks!

[boatingdarkknight277]

As a tack-on, I suppose for me that it's a good thing that this item isn't generally couriered .. otherwise YIKES to what those exhorbetant charges would be!

[kirkeys]

A month ago I had purchased an Oreck Air purifier from a US Seller. It was sent by UPS and I charged an additional $40.00 handling charge I Had already paid $27.00 for the initial shipping.

This was an expensive lesson to learn. AVOID UPS!

[junglejammies]

I think you mean you were charged an additional $40. Pity you didn't check here before since OP's message is 2 months old! Ah well!