Tangle Teezer in Canada?

**moxamoll** · November 4th, 2011, 08:33 AM

I find that it's totally random whether or not AND how much I get charged for tax and duties, regardless of whether it comes from the US, Europe or Australia.

Hmm... DBF is friends with the shipping guy at the university, maybe he has "the rules" and can make me a copy? Either that or I'm right and it's just random according to whose hands it goes through at the border and whether they've had a good day or not.

**Amber_Maiden** · November 4th, 2011, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by moxamoll

I find that it's totally random whether or not AND how much I get charged for tax and duties, regardless of whether it comes from the US, Europe or Australia.

Hmm... DBF is friends with the shipping guy at the university, maybe he has "the rules" and can make me a copy? Either that or I'm right and it's just random according to whose hands it goes through at the border and whether they've had a good day or not.

haha! Let me know if you can get a copy on "the rules". It seems pretty random to me as well...

**moxamoll** · November 11th, 2011, 11:20 AM

So here is the Government of Canada web page about importing things and what is charged: http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/postal...ts-eng.html#c1

The sentence which seems to be the problem is this one "You may have to pay duty..." (bolding mine) So, as far as I can tell, if you have something shipped in that cost over $20, they will charge you GST or HST + 8.50 handling charge...

If they feel like it? If your package happens to be randomly picked out of the pile of incoming? If the voodoo chicken lands on it?

Who knows?

**Amber_Maiden** · November 11th, 2011, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by moxamoll

So here is the Government of Canada web page about importing things and what is charged: http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/postal...ts-eng.html#c1

The sentence which seems to be the problem is this one "You may have to pay duty..." (bolding mine) So, as far as I can tell, if you have something shipped in that cost over $20, they will charge you GST or HST + 8.50 handling charge...

If they feel like it? If your package happens to be randomly picked out of the pile of incoming? If the voodoo chicken lands on it?

Who knows?

I think they pick it based on how rich they think you might be... LOL. Randomly...

**teal** · November 11th, 2011, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Amber_Maiden

I think they pick it based on how rich they think you might be... LOL. Randomly...

If that's the case then they sure were dicks for charging $90 of duty on a computer from a friend in the states after my house burned down. I had literally nothing but the clothes on my back, sleeping on my friends' couch, and they expect me to find $90 from somewhere? Yeah, I'm going to forego eating for the next two weeks so I can have a computer... not. (My friend - who was pissed, because he'd tried to prepay all charges - paid when he found out what happened.)

**Amber_Maiden** · November 11th, 2011, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by teal

If that's the case then they sure were dicks for charging $90 of duty on a computer from a friend in the states after my house burned down. I had literally nothing but the clothes on my back, sleeping on my friends' couch, and they expect me to find $90 from somewhere? Yeah, I'm going to forego eating for the next two weeks so I can have a computer... not. (My friend - who was pissed, because he'd tried to prepay all charges - paid when he found out what happened.)

I feel you. It's was no fun last week when I got charged for a baby book- a bloody abby book that cost $30, and they charge me $30 duties???

Just because it says its a baby book, and you assume because I'm getting a baby book I must be having a baby- does not make me rich. Not by a long shot.

**mora** · November 11th, 2011, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by teal

If that's the case then they sure were dicks for charging $90 of duty on a computer from a friend in the states after my house burned down. I had literally nothing but the clothes on my back, sleeping on my friends' couch, and they expect me to find $90 from somewhere? Yeah, I'm going to forego eating for the next two weeks so I can have a computer... not. (My friend - who was pissed, because he'd tried to prepay all charges - paid when he found out what happened.)

Originally Posted by Amber_Maiden

I feel you. It's was no fun last week when I got charged for a baby book- a bloody abby book that cost $30, and they charge me $30 duties???

Just because it says its a baby book, and you assume because I'm getting a baby book I must be having a baby- does not make me rich. Not by a long shot.

That's really exorbitant! I had no idea duties could be so high.

**Amber_Maiden** · November 11th, 2011, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by mora

That's really exorbitant! I had no idea duties could be so high.

Yep... and this summer I ordered vitamins in bulk from the states, $100 worth, and they charged me $150. I really didn't want to pay it, but couldn't get the vitamins in Canada anywhere.

**teal** · November 11th, 2011, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Amber_Maiden

Yep... and this summer I ordered vitamins in bulk from the states, $100 worth, and they charged me $150. I really didn't want to pay it, but couldn't get the vitamins in Canada anywhere.

Free trade, my a**. LOL.

**moxamoll** · November 11th, 2011, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by Amber_Maiden

Yep... and this summer I ordered vitamins in bulk from the states, $100 worth, and they charged me $150. I really didn't want to pay it, but couldn't get the vitamins in Canada anywhere.

Yeesh! I have some connections in the vitamin and herbs line. No guarantees, but I might be able to get things more reasonably for you. Of course, I thought that about the brush too! LOL