@jcurrie78wrote:
theres no way getting around gst... us canadians know this... gst on a used phone... kinda bs if you ask me. But gst on the shipping cost is fine.
GST applies to used goods as well as new ones. Check your receipt the next time you purchase toys or kitchen appliances from Value Village. If that bothers you, take it up with your MP.
@jcurrie78wrote:
i was commenting on an export... not import to canada... ive never had to do that.
As already suggested, the duty-free limit for imports by mail to the US is much higher than US$100. What many Americans don't realize, however, is that in some 40-odd states, purchases from out of state are subject to use tax, which generally amounts to the equivalent of state sales tax on their purchases by mail. The hitch is that collecting the tax is up to the state, not the feds, and the mechanisms for collecting use tax tend to run on the weak side.
@jcurrie78wrote:
Plus your case is one in a million... wanna hear mine... i just paid 26$ us funds (30+ dollars) to ship 2 items from the same seller that totaled 13$ and could of fit in a large size envelope no thicker then an inch. I can ship that for well under 10$. Yes GSP is a scam because they are taking money out of your pocket.... wayyy to much money, and trying to pass it off as a good thing... if thats not a definition of a scam I dont know what is? Case closed
If the seller sets up their listing awkwardly or doesn't provide enough information on the nature of the item or its shipping size, etc. more often than not the GSP bot is going to overcharge buyers using the service. Garbage in, garbage out. The terms and conditions buyers agree to when purchasing items forwarded through the GSP also state that combining purchases generally isn't possible.
Sending a five-dollar postcard as an Xpresspost parcel is going to be an expensive proposition, too, but we don't generally call Xpresspost parcel a scam. It's simply an inappropriate shipping method. The GSP isn't generally appropriate for most of the types of purchases most Canadians make on eBay. Case closed.
