Bought a $300 item off ebay UK. Duties?

[spol]

Hello,

I just bought a very rare toner for my copier off a seller in UK, Now how should I tell him to ship it so i pay less. I dont want it to get jacked on duteis, taxes and brok-fees.

thank you/

[15-20_God]

try having it marked as a gift or warranty replacement with values under $100 cdn. It doesn't matter what method is used to ship it.

[spol]

on ebay he says "Postage via Royal Mail, DHL and other couriers".
will there be any difference between these?

thanks

[CheapScotsman]

You need to phone and check with DHL or whatever other courier you would LIKE to use and confirm their "fee" for brokerage.

If the courier brokerage fee is too onerous, then have it shipped Royal Mail with insurance. It will take longer but you SHOULD only have to pay a Canada Post $5 brokerage processing fee.

[gilboman]

You need to phone and check with DHL or whatever other courier you would LIKE to use and confirm their "fee" for brokerage.

If the courier brokerage fee is too onerous, then have it shipped Royal Mail with insurance. It will take longer but you SHOULD only have to pay a Canada Post $5 brokerage processing fee.

he will also need to pay taxes for sure and possibly duties on the toner

[d_jedi]

try having it marked as a gift or warranty replacement with values under $100 cdn. It doesn't matter what method is used to ship it.
That would be fraud..

[gilboman]

try having it marked as a gift or warranty replacement with values under $100 cdn. It doesn't matter what method is used to ship it.

gifts have to be under 60 and i doubt ccra is dumb enough to believe a toner is a gift. and if you do underdeclare the value, customs and asses taxes on their estimate of true value not to mention if it gets lost during shipping insurance will only cover the declared value.

[15-20_God]

gifts have to be under 60 and i doubt ccra is dumb enough to believe a toner is a gift. and if you do underdeclare the value, customs and asses taxes on their estimate of true value not to mention if it gets lost during shipping insurance will only cover the declared value.

gifts could be anything, ppl send weird things these days.
thats the risk you take, either mark it in full and accept the taxes and fees, or mark it down to avoid the fees and bear the risk.

[spol]

You need to phone and check with DHL or whatever other courier you would LIKE to use and confirm their "fee" for brokerage.

If the courier brokerage fee is too onerous, then have it shipped Royal Mail with insurance. It will take longer but you SHOULD only have to pay a Canada Post $5 brokerage processing fee.


time isnt an issue here, So what you are saying is that IF i ask him to do it via Royal mail I only pay taxes and the $5? If you are tottaly sure about it than this sounds pretty good.

[spol]

thats the risk you take, either mark it in full and accept the taxes and fees

How much do you think would be?


or mark it down to avoid the fees and bear the risk.

What kind of risk do you by that?

[15-20_God]

How much do you think would be?

What kind of risk do you by that?

If had it up to 25% to 30% on top of what I paid for the item, but this was by ups who have the higher brokerage fees.

The risk is if it gets lost or damaged, the insured amount is the amout you mark on the invoice.

[spol]

The risk is if it gets lost or damaged, the insured amount is the amout you mark on the invoice.

ah, didnt think of it that way.