DIABOLIK DVD to declare Canadian packages at full value starting today

[danman227460]

Look at the UK.

Their new rules have stopped most importers because of all the extra paperwork and no easy way to do it digitally. So instead of dealing with all the headache, they just stopped shipping there all together.

It is a mess right now if you are in the UK and have to import items.

Originally Posted by Thebunk

Yeah but the only change is the retail consumer’s spending habits have changed as the world has gotten smaller and more connected. Industry has been trading among countries for decades.

It really comes down to what pixote and Animatic33 have stated. And as always, when taxation causes additional work and/or costs for companies, they will almost always pass that cost onto the customer.

I personally think both the duty and taxes structure needs to change to mirror the modern world, as well as how companies charges these “admin”, “import fees”, etc.

[Thebunk]

Originally Posted by danman227460

Look at the UK.

Their new rules have stopped most importers because of all the extra paperwork and no easy way to do it digitally. So instead of dealing with all the headache, they just stopped shipping there all together.

It is a mess right now if you are in the UK and have to import items.

Yeah it’s strange all of this is happening now when we should be more wide open to trade.

[will oneill]

Originally Posted by Thebunk

Yeah it’s strange all of this is happening now when we should be more wide open to trade.

The Canadian Small Business community definitely disagrees with you; they're the ones who pushed for our de minimis to remain low when NAFTA was renegotiated, instead of it being raised to a level comparable to the U.S. and Mexico (~$800).

For the UK, I think there are different factors, including the country generally not being prepared for Brexit and having to cobble together new policies quickly.

[Thebunk]

Originally Posted by will oneill

The Canadian Small Business community definitely disagrees with you; they're the ones who pushed for our de minimis to remain low when NAFTA was renegotiated, instead of it being raised to a level comparable to the U.S. and Mexico (~$800).

For the UK, I think there are different factors, including the country generally not being prepared for Brexit and having to cobble together new policies quickly.

The irony is locally, there is no place to purchase the films I buy (and similarly the records I purchase as well). And online nationally you have UV and that is about it (not counting any “.ca” distributors / etailers) who I support plenty as it is. But they too don’t stock everything and sometimes the pricing is higher then international alternatives.

What I also don’t get is they raised the amount of goods you can bring back from the US physically quite substantially a few years back.

[will oneill]

Originally Posted by Thebunk

The irony is locally, there is no place to purchase the films I buy (and similarly the records I purchase as well). And online nationally you have UV and that is about it (not counting any “.ca” distributors / etailers) who I support plenty as it is. But they too don’t stock everything and sometimes the pricing is higher then international alternatives.

We always have to remember that these rules were not designed for the extremely niche market that is physical film media. They were designed for things like clothes and electronics and other stuff like that, things that everyone buys, and would save a lot of money on if our de minimis was higher. It would also probably drive prices lower here, driving down profit margins for Canadian businesses.

Originally Posted by Thebunk

What I also don’t get is they raised the amount of goods you can bring back from the US physically quite substantially a few years back.

Physical, in-person cross-border shopping is a small fraction of the threat to Canadian business that international online shopping is.