Posts by McGuillicuddy

A customs charge, or duty, is not the same as taxes. My point, which you missed entirely in favour of this pissing contest of yours, was that the 15% originally quoted by dstrukt (who was also being helpful) applies only to provinces...

Quote: Originally Posted by hardcore76 That IS what customs is. Well I'm not sure what your problem is, but you're missing the point.

Just to clarify what dstrukt said, you only pay the 15% charge in Ontario (8% PST + 7% GST); in other provinces you pay what taxes you are normally charged on goods (which may or may not total 15%, depending on where in Canada you are)....

Quote: Originally Posted by gmnstrunr37 Look at how many posts he has and his join date... that's like forty posts a day... (at mayaman2, of course) I understand that, but I wouldn't expect a crack whore to...

Does a crack whore post alot?

Also, check out the thread in the Sager General forum that discusses shipping to Canada.

There is no duty. Some shippers charge you "brokerage", but that is not duty. Brokerage is basically the fee they charge you for processing/inspecting your package at the border, but it is not a duty fee. If you ship through...

Yeah, you're probably right. Dell.ca coupons are pretty much useless. Problem is we don't all have American relatives who can ship stuff to us.

Too bad really, would be a kickass machine.

Cool, thanks for that info Robert. Sounds pretty much like the situation here in Canada where we're charged taxes on items coming from the U.S. but no duty (tax for me is 15%, so not much better than VAT). I think my course of action...