At 7:13 PM -0700 6/1/01, Darrell Harder wrote:
> Maybe I am the only one that is noticing this, but I was
>under the impression
>that TuCows is a Canadian company? Am I mistaken? Yet as Canadians we can't
>compete with the prices that the US resellers can offer due to GST
>and PST taxes.
>I guess this is what they meant by "Free Trade". Its only FREE to
>Trade one way
>and Free Choice to move to the US when we get tired of the Canadian business
>tactics. :-) Personally there should be a law that makes it
>mandatory for companies
>selling in US dollars to make sure that as a Canadian buyer we as
>Canadians get
>the SAME prices as their US sales after taxes. That means that we
>are equal and
>can compete.
Nothing personal, dude, but the "everyone is equal" economics
experiment failed quite miserably in former USSR.
> As a Canadian I have to pay GST when buying the domains and
>selling them. On top of that PST where applicable and there is no
>way for me to
>recover that amount when selling to outside of Canada. This Free Trade and GST
>has made Canada a laughing stock in the US..This is what is called
>equal opportunity
>and fair business practises in Canada. "Only in Canada!" This saying is common
>place in Canada used to be used by proud Canadians. Now the only way I have
>heard it being used these days is when the politicians are being
>made fun at the at
>using the butt end of sarcasm. :-)
I think your complaint should be with your elected officials forcing
you to charge tax on people outside Canadian control. Even the
European folks get to not-charge VAT when they know its leaving the
EU (e.g., when they ship it themselves, etc.)
My $.02 worth (US)
D
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