Mark,
Please expand on this. Do you mean USPS or something else? I just received a
small package of vitamins from the US and paid $8.03 which was the $5.00
Canada Post handling fee plus taxes. The USPS postage was $10.35 US.
Thanks,
Bill
Mark Christie wrote:
>
> Having purchased many devices across the border the worst thing is not the
> tax (had to pay once for a monitor but not for 6 HDDs, 3 CD burners and
> misc. printers, RAM, etc.) but the brokerage fee. Pay the extra few dollars
> for air shipping and brokerage is circumvented.
>
> Mark
>
> on 07/26/2001 03:46 PM, Will Shortt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > something that cost's 100.00 US will cost us 56.00
> > more PLUS the taxes at the border! Don't forget that!
> >
> >
> > I got nailed with tax at the border! 130.00! Not fun!
> > The item I bought was only 90.00 US! Another 40.00 the
> > govenment does not need!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > From
> > Will Shortt
> >
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> >> John,
> >>
> >> Know what you mean... so many Mac components are
> >> cheaper if purchased in the
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> >> Chris
> >>
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