I have had one or two problems with items sent from the USA, a Ricoh Winder from Ebay for which I paid $35US, and the sender eventually labelled after several emails, she sent it as having a value of $100 It had been returned by Canadian Customs for having no customs declaration. As a result I got charged $48CDN Brokerage and Customs duty, plus PST and GST. If the seller feels pissed off, all I can say is beware.
I just got a bill for $13.98 duty for a battery($46US) I ordered for my Mitsubishi Diacam Video Camera. I can't complain, the camera came in a large Optex Video Bag for $9.95 from the Salvation Army Thrift Store in North Vancouver. I repaired the camera and it has provided hours of fun for my kids. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: Re: Customs and taxes after eBay-auctions? > At 09:14 3-2-2002 -0500, you wrote: > >From: Peter Smekal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Customs and taxes after eBay-auctions? > > > >Has any list-member experience of customs and taxes to be payed for > >articles sent to you from abroad after eBay-auctions. In Sweden were I live > >the custom offices official answer is that you have to pay both customs and > >VAT (25%) on the declared value of the parcel sent. Then of course the cost > >would depend on the value declared by the sender. Maybe this is only a > >typical Swedish policy? > >Any creative ideas how to evade these costs? > > Oh, oh, oh, don't get me ranting on customs and Canadapost. > I just picked up an envelop from the post office and was billed for an > amount of $9.70. > Do you know how much the item cost? > An english tenner. that's just over $22 CAN. > Can you believe it? No I couldn't either. BANDITS! That's all I can say. > > Peter, the best you can hope for is that the sender declares the item as a > gift and it is treated as such by customs, then the limit for duty and tax > is raised. Hopefully you will either fall under that limit wrt declared > value or cop for a reduced amount of tax payable. > > I'm still steaming. > > Wendy > > --- > Wendy Beard > Ottawa, Canada > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > home page http://www.beard-redfern.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
