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Originally Posted by eclipse00
it was pretty bad. ordered masterpiece rodimus:
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT34240
and so it translated to almost $200 based on the conversion. when i went to pick it up from the mail office (always a bad sign, as most other things are delivered) i was dinged for another $40.
value for duty $163.30
duty $10.61
GST/HST $20.87
handling fee $8.00
total payable $39.48
needless to say i was not impressed. |
Do you still have your Customs documents? Can you take a pic/scan of the CBSA form?
Toys should not be subject to duty in Canada...unless they classified the item under some other tariff classification because it is a "collectible". That might be difficult since it's a Masterpiece...but generally most transformers can be classified as toys.
You could probably submit some documents to the CBSA and try and get the $10.61 back at least...
Generally, worst case scenario for importing toys you should expect to pay HST on the value of the item (including shipping), plus a handling fee.
Note: Orders of $20 or less don't attract taxes and/or duty if imported personally - it just isn't worth their time to look at them.
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