on 03-10-2022 05:40 PM
I would like to put in an offer for an item and it says import charges are $71.30, but when I go to actually make the offer on the window that pops up the import charges drop to $17.97.
Does anyone know why this might be happening, or can I no longer detect when my dyslexia is messing with me?
Item Number: 255403934875
Import charges consist of HST (or GST, depending on the province the item is being shipped to), duty (if applicable) and processing fees that usually run around four to five US dollars.
The import charges sound about right for an offer of US$100 being shipped to a province with 13% HST, but I'm assuming you didn't make an offer that low for a US$345 item. Complicating things somewhat is that sometimes the import charges get shifted onto the shipping charge. Did the shipping charge change drastically too?
How’s your math? It’s not a perfect solution, but for an item like this where the estimate for the import charges is out of whack, you could try adjusting the estimate by the percentage your offer is discounted from the seller's asking price when figuring out your offer and the total you might be paying.
So if your offer is 80% of the asking price (or a 20% discount), reduce the import charges to 80% of what you see on the listing page. Based on what I saw of your lowball offer, odds are that the revised estimate for the import charges will be even lower than that.