Canadian Dollar is higher than US... US deals count now. - Blu-ray Forum

Steve46 · 10-13-2009, 01:51 PM

This might open up some of the other US retailers. They don't all have the import deposit fee and the minimum $8 charge like Amazon. Some of them even send goods as a "gift" to help people out with possible import duty.

Jimbo976 · 10-13-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

This might open up some of the other US retailers. They don't all have the import deposit fee and the minimum $8 charge like Amazon. Some of them even send goods as a "gift" to help people out with possible import duty.

Yeah I agree. I was always concerned before with hit and miss duty charges and taxes from other vendors. With amazon.com it was always guaranteed to get neither of these.

Maybe we can try to group together experiences on here related to taxes/duty from other places.

Does anyone have recent experiences will some places for Blu-rays to Canada?

Some places I can think of:

http://www.jr.com/
http://www.deepdiscount.com/
http://www.tower.com/

Steve46 · 10-13-2009, 02:03 PM

I might order The Prisoner as it is around $50 in the US and $90 here. I can't believe they issued this on blu. It was my favourite series as a kid. Some of it looks extremely dated in terms of clothes, but many of the stories have incredible depth.

Hammer Into Anvil has such a good plot. McGoohan would have made a better Bond than Roger Moore.

mintchris · 10-13-2009, 02:42 PM

I ordered from Amazon.com a few weeks ago and was amazed at how fast it got here. I will be watching the Black Friday deals closely now that our dollar is so strong.
I think the other option for those people within a reasonable distance to the states is to drive down and check out some of the deals. You would be amazed at the cheap prices just from the US Best Buys and Wal Marts.
But yeah Amazon Black Friday is where its at in a month!!!

holycowers · 10-13-2009, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mintchris

I ordered from Amazon.com a few weeks ago and was amazed at how fast it got here. I will be watching the Black Friday deals closely now that our dollar is so strong.
I think the other option for those people within a reasonable distance to the states is to drive down and check out some of the deals. You would be amazed at the cheap prices just from the US Best Buys and Wal Marts.
But yeah Amazon Black Friday is where its at in a month!!!

did they charge you any sales tax?

im trying to buy terminator scc s2 and it comes up to

Items: $42.49
Shipping & Handling: $7.98
Promotion Applied: -$0.00

Total Before Tax: $50.47
Estimated Tax:* $0.00
Import Fees Deposit $5.63

Order Total: $56.10

if theres no tax im going to return the one i bought from walmart for 64.83+tax

thanks

mintchris · 10-13-2009, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holycowers

did they charge you any sales tax?

im trying to buy terminator scc s2 and it comes up to

Items: $42.49
Shipping & Handling: $7.98
Promotion Applied: -$0.00

Total Before Tax: $50.47
Estimated Tax:* $0.00
Import Fees Deposit $5.63

Order Total: $56.10

if theres no tax im going to return the one i bought from walmart for 64.83+tax

thanks

No sales tax at all. They just dropped my package off and that was that. I will definitely be ordering from Amazon again.

TheZoof · 10-13-2009, 03:22 PM

The duty fees paid are tax. Amazon.com can't charge you tax only when crossing the border can tax be applied.

The only shipment from USA that I had to pay tax/duty was my tv and it is just the same as normal taxes 13%.

So really as long as the price is cheaper than Canada price then you should always be ahead(shipping is the only thing to watch).

Jimbo976 · 10-13-2009, 03:22 PM

You will not have to pay any taxes or duties on delivery from amazon.com.

The Import Deposit Fee usually roughly works out to about the same as taxes (GST+PST or around 13%).

It isn't totally clear what the fee is for and who it goes to but I look at as either: 1) money that DHL gives to the government in canada to cover taxes or 2) money that DHL collects for customs brokerage services. Either way there doesn't seem to be any way around it other than it doesn't seem to apply to orders under $20 US. Of course on orders under $20 US you have to pay amazon.com their $8 US shipping fee for the 1st item so that usually kills any real savings.

The main thing with amazon.com is you now up front exactly what the total charges will be (in US dollars at least).

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10-13-2009, 01:51 PM	#1
Steve46 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Oshawa, ON 4K collection:156 Blu-ray collection:1040 Blu-ray reviews: 79 Trading Score:16	This might open up some of the other US retailers. They don't all have the import deposit fee and the minimum $8 charge like Amazon. Some of them even send goods as a "gift" to help people out with possible import duty.

10-13-2009, 02:03 PM	#3
Steve46 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Oshawa, ON 4K collection:156 Blu-ray collection:1040 Blu-ray reviews: 79 Trading Score:16	I might order The Prisoner as it is around $50 in the US and $90 here. I can't believe they issued this on blu. It was my favourite series as a kid. Some of it looks extremely dated in terms of clothes, but many of the stories have incredible depth. Hammer Into Anvil has such a good plot. McGoohan would have made a better Bond than Roger Moore.

10-13-2009, 02:42 PM	#4
mintchris Senior Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:London, Ontario Blu-ray collection:333	I ordered from Amazon.com a few weeks ago and was amazed at how fast it got here. I will be watching the Black Friday deals closely now that our dollar is so strong. I think the other option for those people within a reasonable distance to the states is to drive down and check out some of the deals. You would be amazed at the cheap prices just from the US Best Buys and Wal Marts. But yeah Amazon Black Friday is where its at in a month!!!

10-13-2009, 03:22 PM	#7
TheZoof Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Ottawa,Canada Home Theater Gallery:27 4K collection:850 Blu-ray collection:1636 DVD collection:10 Blu-ray reviews: 38 Trading Score:2	The duty fees paid are tax. Amazon.com can't charge you tax only when crossing the border can tax be applied. The only shipment from USA that I had to pay tax/duty was my tv and it is just the same as normal taxes 13%. So really as long as the price is cheaper than Canada price then you should always be ahead(shipping is the only thing to watch).

10-13-2009, 03:22 PM	#8
Jimbo976 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Canada Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:209 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:1	You will not have to pay any taxes or duties on delivery from amazon.com. The Import Deposit Fee usually roughly works out to about the same as taxes (GST+PST or around 13%). It isn't totally clear what the fee is for and who it goes to but I look at as either: 1) money that DHL gives to the government in canada to cover taxes or 2) money that DHL collects for customs brokerage services. Either way there doesn't seem to be any way around it other than it doesn't seem to apply to orders under $20 US. Of course on orders under $20 US you have to pay amazon.com their $8 US shipping fee for the 1st item so that usually kills any real savings. The main thing with amazon.com is you now up front exactly what the total charges will be (in US dollars at least).

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