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Originally Posted by TommyC
There is 12% tax in my province. As for duties, due to NAFTA, we only have to pay duties for products that are not made in the US and Mexico. When I buy stuff from the states, I usually get them to ship Expedited or Express. These options are a bit more expensive, but they ensure no additional hidden fee that I'm aware of.
My local dealer usually charges me (MSRP x current exchange rate + 10% for shipping) x whatever discount he can give me. Not too bad. However, their customer service is not the greatest.
It's nice to know we have an awesome dealer down in the States. If I'm buying something brand new in the future, I will be sure to drop Ivan a pm.  |
I just wanted to add, that in addition to the fees mentioned above, there are also the brokerage fees. When I shipped my MCD201 to a person who bought it the states, the administrative steps and additional costs just to confirm the the CD player met US specs was rather annoying.
Buying south of the Border does have its advantages, but, sometimes it does create a fair amount of difficulties. Often any 'deal' you can get is wiped out by the additional costs.
I was speaking to a dealer in Canada about some rather excellent prices on PMC and Sonus Faber probucts, and he warned me that any European products have an additional 10% Importation tax in addition to Provincial sales tax and our Federal tax.... so, to import into Ontario, would cost me an additional 23% before shipping or brokerage fees..etc. so you have to really know what you're after...
