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SensualPoet · 04-24-2010, 02:24 PM

Seems to be a whack of misinformation in the last several posts about "import taxes" etc for bringing things by mail / courier into Canada. You pay regular taxes: you pay that if you buy across the street here, too. You paying a delivery fee (duhhh!) unless the vendor is swallowing those costs / hiding them somewhere else. There may be a "handling fee" added by the courier -- Canada Post charges $5 for "customs clearance"; certain courier companies charge usurious rates for one-off customers -- I've seen $30 and more. Bust actual "taxes" that are associated with bringing stuff across the border: many, many goods are "zero rated" including almost everything from the US.

Anyway ...

There are two articles about the imminent launch of the Kobo in today's National Post:

Q&A with Heather Reisman
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2944756

and

Call It An ehReader
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2945820

If you're interested in the device, they're both worth a quick read.

04-24-2010, 02:24 PM	#49
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Seems to be a whack of misinformation in the last several posts about "import taxes" etc for bringing things by mail / courier into Canada. You pay regular taxes: you pay that if you buy across the street here, too. You paying a delivery fee (duhhh!) unless the vendor is swallowing those costs / hiding them somewhere else. There may be a "handling fee" added by the courier -- Canada Post charges $5 for "customs clearance"; certain courier companies charge usurious rates for one-off customers -- I've seen $30 and more. Bust actual "taxes" that are associated with bringing stuff across the border: many, many goods are "zero rated" including almost everything from the US. Anyway ... There are two articles about the imminent launch of the Kobo in today's National Post: Q&A with Heather Reisman http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2944756 and Call It An ehReader http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2945820 If you're interested in the device, they're both worth a quick read.