Customs to pay on a skimmer?

[EG-9]

you can try ocean aquarium,
the price almost same [$389]

[lastlight]

that's actually where i'm buying from. i just wanted to poke around before i spent the cash. eric's building my tank and has been extremely helpful so far in planning my first tank.

[Samw]

Originally Posted by tbone

ruth. i also thought that as well. if it was made in usa there shouldn't be any duty fees at all. but the shipper needs to supply all the info of where it was made as well. i wish i had the website. it was on some goverment website.

Is this the one?

Importing Non-Commercial Goods by Mail

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/.../rc4051-e.html

Customs Tariff(Duty) Info

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/general/p.../01-99r3-e.pdf

[rickjames]

ASM Skimmers are marked "made in the U.S.A." right on the box so you shouldn't have to pay duty. You will have to pay G.S.T. and P.S.T. though. I'm not sure about the 50$ brokerage fee, I think I paid 5$ when I ordered my ASM from the U.S, plus the taxes.

[tbone]

i find that fedex or ups charge alot

samw thats the one.

[dreef]

Either ups or fedex will charge a brokerage fee,ups being the most.I recently ordered a T5 light fixture from california.They used fedex for shipping but instead used ups for canada.I was prepared for the worst but for some reason they listed value at 100 american? The lights were 250 american and i should have been nailed for xtra fees.So, 100 converted to canadian,115, i payed just shy of 50 bucks total,no duties were added,just tax and brokerage fee.So in all, almost half of the declared value In the end i still was laughing as compared to canadian suppliers the price was great !!!

[crusty1]

Last year I bought my ASM G3 from the US, among other things. My experience was that the duty and gst and the good price, was a fair bit better of a deal than shopping with the online retailers in Canada. This is where I bought mine. Using "RC" in the coupon code gives another 10% Discount
http://www.captivereefs.com