Dave, There's no taxes on items under $20. Did they charge yo extra for shipping FedEx?
The only Igloo in Toronto is the Skydome. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: OT: Shipping from U.S. - Receiving In Canada > Just a little story folks... > I recently won an auction on "that auction site" for a Contax 46mm 81b > filter for my G2 get up. > The price was reasonable ($13.75 US) since a brand spanking new one up here > runs $60.00 CDN plus taxes. > > After the auction was over, the seller told me the cost for shipping ($9.00 > US) by UPS. > Needless to say, after having dealt with UPS before, and after reading a > number of horror stories on this list, I politely asked the seller to > reconsider and send it via US Postal Service (we're talking about a 46mm > FILTER.. it's about the size of an orange slice). Since the seller was a > "dealer" he said that his shipping department usually shipped UPS because > that was their carrier and couldn't ship via US Postal Service. > > Before sending back another Email explaining my reasoning, I decided to call > UPS and find out just how much they actually WOULD charge for a $13.75 US > (approx $21.00 CDN) item coming across the border into the Peoples Republic > of Canada. I was floored..... > > UPS would charge... get this..... ready ?? > > $16.50 CDN !!!! (of course that's just their "brokerage" fee - any taxes > would still have to be paid on top of that) > > So... I emailed back the "dealer" and told him that the total cost for the > $13.75 USD item would be easily close to what I could buy it for BRAND NEW > up here in Canada if he decided to ship via UPS. I pleaded to ship via FedEx > or Purolator. I was happy to hear "Sure, we'll ship it via FedEx"... > > Well.. in less than a week it's here.. and in great condition via FedEx... > AND.. NO BROKERAGE FEE OR TAXES/DUTY > > So the moral of the story for the folks in the U.S. - Please ship via FedEx > or US Postal Service if you're shipping up to us lonely, cold and igloo > bound Canucks :) > > > Cheers, > Dave > - > 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 .
