Upgradealways;535886 Wrote: > Canada is 25 years behind in commerce and goods. Most online retaillers > wont ship in Canada or will ding you with retarded duty, vat, services > fees and taxes. We are litterally 3rd world country for e-commerce, > acutally all commerce. I never buy canadian, I will find an online > retailler and have it overnight shipped. Usually air shippment cost > less in duty. I encourage US, Canada is retarded
Yep, e-commerce sucks in Canada, especially if you are trying to buy electronics or services online. Online retailers Canada usually charge much higher prices than their US counterparts, either because the CDN distributor charges more or because of artificially created market segments created by large manufacturers or distributors. The relatively small population spread over a large geographic area is part of the problem--there is simply a lack of effective competition. It is possible to find US-based online retailers who charge reasonable rates for shipping and use methods that won't trigger a customs brokerage fee (Monoprice comes to mind), but sometimes it can take a while to find an online retailer for a particular product. Electronics are exempt from duty, but you may have to pay a Goods and Service Tax (5%) and Provincial Sales Tax (unless you live in Alberta) to pick up the item. Usually, I get away with paying none of these extra fees, but sometimes I have to cough up the dough at the post office or the courier office. (Duty is considered a service, so if you pay duty on an item, you have to pay GST on it, which really sucks because it feels like double taxation.) -- dmg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dmg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37076 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77371 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
