and whatever happend to free trade...... I had some clawfoot tub shower hardware shipped up from the US...cost $120....fees at border $60!!!! ouch
thanks for the info Dawn BTW...Bob & Doug can be found here: http://aetherealforge.com/~aeon/humor/12days.html Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:12 AM Subject: Re: SOT: E-Commerce site for Canada > One last note Bryan.... > > The fees charged by the courier companies are the same in nature as those > charged by brokers--it's just the courier company acting as the broker. The > fee is charged per entry (they have to make a submission called a B3 per > shipment--now most of this is done electronically using systems called CADEX > and ACROSS). The courier companies, like the brokers, submit duty on your > behalf--they may or may not pay the GST. It varies. The brokerage fee is a > handling fee and is usually a minimum of around $40 or $50, sometimes it's a > percentage of the value of the goods over and above the minimum, and often > it's inflated by various little service charges (number of lines having to > be rated, etc.). Some goods are duty-free--that gets complicated. > > And a way to avoid paying high brokerage fees using FEDEX or UPS is to ship > the goods to yourself personally--avoid the use of a company name--they then > assume the goods are personal, and they usually won't charge the brokerage > fee--except FEDEX always charges if it's a ground shipment I believe ?? Go > figure. > > Anyway, you are right. This is a importing issue--not an ecomm matter. > Whatever costs accrue as a result of importing goods should already be built > into the purchase price by then. > > My father ran a brokerage business--retired at age 40 and lives in New > Zealand. Lucrative I guess :o~ > > Dawn > > > > Way to go Dawn...a Canuck on Canuck taxes...excellent ;-) > > > > Just one note on brokerage fees.... > > > > I believe they relate to the fees charged by the courier companies when > > goods cross the border or it's just another fee from the CCRA (Canadian > > Customs and Revenue Agency). There is always duty and then the mysterious > > extra brokerage/handling fee (which is usually really high). I don't > think > > it neccessarily has anything to do with using a specific broker for > > importing/exporting goods. > > > > Either way it's nothing that should be factored into your eComm site > (other > > than to mention to customers they could get dinged at the border). > > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > > t. 250.920.8830 > > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
