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Subject: 
Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:09:24 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom Stangl writes:
Yes, you get a list - the FULL list - it would be more useful if
you got the price for the part you were checking on, rather than
having to remember the part # then look it up on the full list.

Absolutely - I suspect we would all concur.  Perhaps that is going
to be "fixed" when the on-line ordering becomes available.

Julie Krenz wrote:
The prices are there, but it's just a kinda round about way of
getting to them.  You need to click check availability, then you
get to choose where you are located, then you get a price list.
I think instead of "check availability" they should have
"click for prices".

Another good point.  What really bother's me though is this:

   " In placing your order, you authorize LEGO Shop at Home to appoint
   a Canadian customs broker to act on your behalf to obtain customs
   clearance of your merchandise and remit applicable duties AND TAXES
   to Revenue Canada. Amounts received by LEGO Direct for duties AND
   TAXES are accepted on your behalf, for the broker. "   (Emphasis mine)

I know from my last order that they are charging GST on items.  This IMO
is totally bogus!  The GST applies to purchases made IN CANADA.  We're
buying something from the USA, (as evidenced by the customs charge) so
the GST does not apply.  We Canadians already know we're taxed more
than anywhere else, so I'll restrain myself from ranting about that.  What
I want to know is why is TLC doing Ottawa's dirty work?  I can understand
them collecting the duty - it's more efficient for everyone involved - but
why the GST?  Ottawa wants to "have it's cake and eat it to" - No surprise
there, but why is TLC in on the scam?  Oh - Don't forget the "rubbing salt
in the wound" part - It's all done in US$, so the tax is 150% as much as
it should be, and we also get charged a percentage/fee to convert our pesos.

I didn't say anything earlier because I hoped the new site would be different.

SRC
(Who also comments that the new site is just as slow as the old one.)



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
 
(...) Whenever you buy something internationally, and have it shipped to you, you pay applicable duties and taxes - which in the case of toys, is 0% duty and 7% tax. I'm not sure what you mean by the tax being 150% of what it should be - 7% is 7%, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
  Re: Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
 
(...) No, the GST applies to purchases made by Canadians. If you buy something in the US and bring it back in and pay customs duty on it, you get to pay GST too. If you subscribe to a US magazine, the cost includes GST. If you mail order something (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Re: Lego New is Up (and ALREADY a mistake)
 
Yes, you get a list - the FULL list - it would be more useful if you got the price for the part you were checking on, rather than having to remember the part # then look it up on the full list. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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