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Re: Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 01:09:29 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > 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.
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> 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. ...Canada Post collects a $5 "handling fee" as well...
I'm not surprised at what IS, I'm saying that it SHOULD not be occuring.
It is double-dipping. The GST was to take the place of the manufaturer's
tax. Duty is to "protect" domestic companies from foreign competition.
(With NAFTA, there shouldn't really even BE duty from the USA, but anyway,)
I can (grudgingly) accept being charged duty OR GST, but BOTH should
not be charged. And yes - that $5 "processing fee" is even more bogus!
> 7% of the US price, converted into CN$, is the same as converting the
> price to CN$ and then taking 7% of it. How do you come up with 150%??
7% of US$20 is Cdn$2.10 while 7% of Cdn$20 is $1.40. Yes, if you are
using Cdn$30 the result will be the same. (I was trying to make a point.)
> > and we also get charged a percentage/fee to convert our pesos.
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> Hmmm? I don't see that in the catalog or on the orders I made recently.
No, that's got nothing to do with TLC - Purely a bank conversion issue.
SRC
(Who's even more pissed now because he's been reminded of Cananda
Post's $5 pay-us-to-do-what-we-were-doing-anyway "processing fee".)
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