Great, we are considered American's whores :-) > uh, ever heard of NAFTA ? (in particular the "free trade" portion?) What > about the elderly that sign-up for those cross-border drug runs? They go to > a border-town doctor who is licensed in both countries and then take a short > bus ride to Canada to buy the drugs cheaper and then come back. It's tricky: > you cannot *mail* the drugs across the border but physically crossing the > border and them coming back with them is totally legit. > > As for Adalon, yes I think you have an issue if a friend buys a copy in > Canada and then mails it to you (though obviously there are easy ways not to > have to pay the duty), but if you take your laptop and go to Canada and buy > the software and install it there on your laptop then it's a lot "fuzzier" > what it means (and NAFTA just makes it that much fuzzier). > > Also don't forget that if YOU (the american) go to Canada to buy the > software you'll pay approx 17.5% VAT tax, which you can recover when you > come back to the States. You'll mail off a form to the appropriate Canadian > authority along with proof of having returned to the USA and then get moeny > back (or you can stop at one of the refund centers at a border crossing). > But if your Canadian buys Adalon for you and sends it on to you, how are you > going to show you were in Canada and returned with the product. > > Canada is just dirt cheap right now for Americans to visit. Take a trip to > our very nice neighbor to the North and buy to your hearts content. Do > consider flying to a near border town (examples: Seattle or Buffalo or > Detroit) and then driving over the border. You'll be asked a lot fewer > questions upon your return and pay a lot less duty than if you fly. Just > don't come back with tens of thousands of dollars of obvious goods and > you'll be fine. But Canada is a great place to go to buy a new laptop and > other small hi-price items that can seem to have already been yours when you > first entered the country :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Jonathan Kopanas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:31 PM > Subject: Re: Adalon by Synthis > > > > > That wouldn't make sense. If Adalon sells for $2500 in the US and $1500 > > > in Canada, I would find a friend in Canada to buy it for me and mail it > > > to me...saving $1000. > > > > Oh I agree with you but technically you would have to pay customs which > > would make up for the difference. Aren't customs there to deter people > from > > doing the sort of things that you mention? I wonder if Windows is the > same > > price all over the world? I wonder if the retail price for nike shoes is > > the same all over the world? They aren't if I am correct. > > > > > > >
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