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 Author: sanvikm View Messages Posted By sanvikm
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 13:13
 Subject: Shipping to Canada
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 Topic: Shipping
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sanvikm (46)

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How difficult is it to ship items to Canada from the US? Are there any VAT tax
implications to be aware of?
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 13:21
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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Nubs_Select (3756)

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In Shipping, sanvikm writes:
  How difficult is it to ship items to Canada from the US? Are there any VAT tax
implications to be aware of?

For buyers there are lots so usually of all countries we avoid buying from the
USA. Since anything over $20 is taxed and hit with an additional $10 fee so for
example
$20 order becomes
$20 (order) $15 (shipping) $2.60 (tax different depending on province) $9.95
(service fee)
So that $20 become $47.55
 Author: UTLF View Messages Posted By UTLF
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 15:13
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 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 15:15
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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Nubs_Select (3756)

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In Shipping, UTLF writes:
  You know it's bad when you resort to buying from Europe before the US; US
to Canada shipping rates are abysmal!

yup and from Europe is super cheap
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 13:32
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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peregrinator (772)

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In Shipping, sanvikm writes:
  How difficult is it to ship items to Canada from the US? Are there any VAT tax
implications to be aware of?

None on the seller's end (e.g., you don't have to enter an IOSS number
electronically, etc.) as BL doesn't (yet?) collect and remit Canadian HST/etc.

Do not, and I can't stress this enough, ship via UPS to Canada. In addition
to any customs fees and taxes that might be incurred, UPS charges a brokerage
fee.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 13:41
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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Nubs_Select (3756)

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In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
  In Shipping, sanvikm writes:
  How difficult is it to ship items to Canada from the US? Are there any VAT tax
implications to be aware of?

None on the seller's end (e.g., you don't have to enter an IOSS number
electronically, etc.) as BL doesn't (yet?) collect and remit Canadian HST/etc.

Do not, and I can't stress this enough, ship via UPS to Canada. In addition
to any customs fees and taxes that might be incurred, UPS charges a brokerage
fee.

Agreed. Ups is the absolute worst.
 Author: superchicken77 View Messages Posted By superchicken77
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 14:35
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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superchicken77 (1273)

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If the seller uses USPS, most packages come through unchecked for customs so
you don't get dinged 90% of the time. The reason for that is there aren't
enough customs agents to check every package. This is what I was told from a
Canada Post employee.

If you use ship with UPS, FedEx or any other courier, expect your customers to
be very unhappy!

In Shipping, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
  In Shipping, sanvikm writes:
  How difficult is it to ship items to Canada from the US? Are there any VAT tax
implications to be aware of?

None on the seller's end (e.g., you don't have to enter an IOSS number
electronically, etc.) as BL doesn't (yet?) collect and remit Canadian HST/etc.

Do not, and I can't stress this enough, ship via UPS to Canada. In addition
to any customs fees and taxes that might be incurred, UPS charges a brokerage
fee.

Agreed. Ups is the absolute worst.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 28, 2023 14:55
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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Nubs_Select (3756)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Shipping, superchicken77 writes:
  If the seller uses USPS, most packages come through unchecked for customs so
you don't get dinged 90% of the time. The reason for that is there aren't
enough customs agents to check every package. This is what I was told from a
Canada Post employee.

If you use ship with UPS, FedEx or any other courier, expect your customers to
be very unhappy!

for me anything pretty much shipped with USPS gets hit with customs. however
if its a package from Europe it usually wont but pretty much everything from
the USA is. with the major companies you can often pay the taxes online so it
saves time since at least for me with Canada post I can only pay at my post office
since they don't even charge tax at the door anymore so its just not fun.
(not to mention last time i went to the post office to get the package the person
in front of me was paying for a $70 shipping label in loose change so we were
in line for about half an hour...)
 Author: Lossecorme View Messages Posted By Lossecorme
 Posted: Mar 1, 2023 11:06
 Subject: Re: Shipping to Canada
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Shipping, superchicken77 writes:
  If the seller uses USPS, most packages come through unchecked for customs so
you don't get dinged 90% of the time. The reason for that is there aren't
enough customs agents to check every package. This is what I was told from a
Canada Post employee.

If you use ship with UPS, FedEx or any other courier, expect your customers to
be very unhappy!

I will not buy from someone shipping with a courier (UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc). The
fees they charge are astronomical.