Hello Everyone,
I'm getting (yet another) bit for my Mac shipped from the Great White North.
Hurrah! However, all is not well...
Suddenly, the shipping estimate the seller furnished me (you'd better
believe I asked in advance...) isn't enough. The phrase "possible customs'
cost" is being used in an effort to (dare I say it?) get more money out of
me. <sigh>
I'm sure that list members have shipped Mac-related peripherals, etc., down
here, so I'm wondering: when stuff ships from Canada to the US, at what
"minimum value" are customs charges levied on the goods? I'm also wondering
how the worth of something is calculated. This comes into play here because
I won the item off of ePay for a whopping one cent. Of course, I'm guessing
that a given item's value for customs purposes is not based on what was
actually paid for it, but what, say, an objective third party would assess
its value as.
Regardless of what I paid, the value of this item can be confidently given
as $25 US. With that as a working number, would customs charges be levied
on it? From my past (albeit limited) experience, I'm guessing the answer is
"no." However, I'd be grateful for any information the list could share to
help support this assertion (or refute it, if it doesn't hold true).
Best,
James Fraser
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