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Originally Posted by ezboy1000 
Off topic but needs to be stated.
I just purchased an item from a fellow SF member who delivered this item to me via UPS. The item consisted of one sweater, marked "used", and declared at a value of $100. I was charged $55 in fees to collect this item: about $30 in brokerage fees, 25 in duty and taxes, highway robbery.
Apparently he didn't know that it mattered which service he used to send the goods. In earlier correspondence with this seller I had mentioned USPS as the way to go, suggesting I would give him information on the most inexpensive method to ship to Canada. He never responded to this suggestion, so I assumed he already looked into it and figured something out. He was amazingly considerate and we have resolved the issue now; hopefully this doesn't leave a sour taste in his mouth vis-a-vis Canadian shipping.
I post this primarily for the SF members Stateside who haven't yet shipped to Canada - do NOT go through UPS.
On topic, as for STP, the most I have been charged is GST (goods and services tax of 6% for all non-Canucks) on the item. This is even when I probably should have paid duty also (ie: NAFTA only allows duty free goods so long as the origin of the goods is from North America).
I just purchased an item from a fellow SF member who delivered this item to me via UPS. The item consisted of one sweater, marked "used", and declared at a value of $100. I was charged $55 in fees to collect this item: about $30 in brokerage fees, 25 in duty and taxes, highway robbery.
Apparently he didn't know that it mattered which service he used to send the goods. In earlier correspondence with this seller I had mentioned USPS as the way to go, suggesting I would give him information on the most inexpensive method to ship to Canada. He never responded to this suggestion, so I assumed he already looked into it and figured something out. He was amazingly considerate and we have resolved the issue now; hopefully this doesn't leave a sour taste in his mouth vis-a-vis Canadian shipping.
I post this primarily for the SF members Stateside who haven't yet shipped to Canada - do NOT go through UPS.
On topic, as for STP, the most I have been charged is GST (goods and services tax of 6% for all non-Canucks) on the item. This is even when I probably should have paid duty also (ie: NAFTA only allows duty free goods so long as the origin of the goods is from North America).
wow good to know
