At 11:19 AM -0500 2005/05/12, classic wrote:
>Canada customs does charge on items coming into the country and it seems
>that it is subjective. I have been hit with charges on items $15 and
>higher on items shipped via the post office. Chargers are GST and PST plus
>$8 handling fee.
I just double checked a bill from last week, and CCRA only charged
me $5 handling (plus GST) for $100 worth of comic books. $5 seems to be
what I remember.
Occasionally one will luck out and get things passed through with
no charges - particularly when they are busy - I got $400 worth of car
parts over Christmas in for no charge.
Occasionally they will open up the box and assess the value - I got
hit with a huge bill when they opened up a box that contained an invoice
for lots of items that were spread over a number of boxes. CCRA assessed me
on that total rather than the total declared by the shipper which was in
that box - I had to send CCRA a letter explaining the situation and the
receipts for the other boxes which I had also paid charges on. Now I always
remind the shipper to only inculde paperwork for items in the box being
shipped.
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