thekash

Hey guys... question for all those who bought stuff from eXpansys...

Did you get stuck with the duty/customs charge? i just bought a keyboard/mouse from them and apparently i have to pay almost $50 for something that cost me $170 with taxes and shipping i already paid them for?!?

Drenthanator

Aw crap, I hope that's not the case. Who do you have to pay duty to? Not expansys I assume? There was no mention of that to me but I guess I'll have to wait. The only fortunate thing for me is that I'm expensing the purchase through work.

To top it off, after playing with the keyboard and mouse today, I can no longer get the mouse to connect!?! Anybody have some experience with failing bluetooth connections - Windows Mobile 3SE?

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Kazkin

Originally Posted by thekash

Hey guys... question for all those who bought stuff from eXpansys... Did you get stuck with the duty/customs charge? i just bought a keyboard/mouse from them and apparently i have to pay almost $50 for something that cost me $170 with taxes and shipping i already paid them for?!?

yeah ...that's the way things works for us canadian ...

I bought the X51V in the past from Ebay ( from USA)...delivered by FEDEX ... got ding for some $30 odd bucks later ( eventhough the seller did me a favour of stating item worth only $50 ... the form was from FEDEX saying that they paid the customs charged when they crossed the border & now I have to re-paid them

the letter came 2 wks after I got my package though

thekash

yeah same here... you pay to the importing company whoever the shipper (UPS, FEDEX etc.) deal with... i'm expensing it to my travel agency... so it doesn't really matter too much... but considering its my business it still comes out of my pocket, and changes the price from $170 to over $200 for the thing now... :S if i knew before i coulda just told my broker and he woulda done it for me free... and gotten it to me faster...

just wondering if it was a mistake, or if even when you buy from expansys you endup having to pay, since they always say including VAT... the guy that gave me the deal didnt' seem really know what he was doing, guess that's why i got the deal... but still... lol...

kor

I purcheased Think Outside keyboard/mousse combo from Expansys and did not have to pay any duties. Total cost including taxes and shipment was just under $150CDN about a month ago.

Is it random?

andy

Noisy Crow

In many cases it just depends on the carrier.

I would imagine there are cheaper brokers that you could use to pre-arrange duty payment... UPS, FedEx et al know that many people will not have arranged to pay duty, and charge through the nose for this "service".

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Kazkin

Originally Posted by kor

Is it random? andy

...YES !!

all item crossed border cannot be accounted through duty/sustom all times ...thinks of the delayed

but most do ...that's how the country survive with the extra cash they takes out of our pockets

which reminds me ... doesn't this applied with the "FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS" between North America ??

I thought if products are within North America then we are exempt from custom taxes ???

Enragin_Angel

I'm wondering if you ordered from expansys usa or expansys.ca

kor

Originally Posted by Enragin_Angel

I'm wondering if you ordered from expansys usa or expansys.ca

I ordered from Expansys.ca

andy

cneufeld

Never ever ever have things shipped cross border by UPS. Sounds like FedEx isn't much better. If I can't get something shipped by USPS, I'll find another vendor. If it comes via USPS (and then Canada Post), there's a $5 fee + GST. If it's declared under $20, the fees are waived.

I've heard that if you plead ignorance, you might get away with claiming an item once without paying the large fees. Don't know if that's still true or not.

Clint

kor

Originally Posted by cneufeld

Never ever ever have things shipped cross border by UPS. Sounds like FedEx isn't much better. If I can't get something shipped by USPS, I'll find another vendor. If it comes via USPS (and then Canada Post), there's a $5 fee + GST. If it's declared under $20, the fees are waived. I've heard that if you plead ignorance, you might get away with claiming an item once without paying the large fees. Don't know if that's still true or not. Clint

Mine was shipped via UPS straight to my door. Canada Post was not involved.

andy

ashhabib

It seems any of the courier companies are the ones with which you usually get dinged. I had RAM purchased of ebay for $120CDN and got dinged $40 by UPS in customs fees. Anything that comes regularily doesn't usually get dinged

nuropa

no extra charge for me. $150cdn for everything.

bill_n_opus

Originally Posted by nuropa

no extra charge for me. $150cdn for everything.

Same here.

~ 150 bucks CAD total.
- bought off expansys.ca
- they said it would be "including all VAT, duty, taxes ..."
- supposedly shipped from Illinois.

thekash

You guys got it for under 150 including everything??? mine came out to 169 including everything... :S kinda weird...

yeah i called in and ordered, i called a 416-number but the guy was in england who i spoke with :S... well lets see what they say about the duties/taxes... mine was also shipped from Illinois as well via UPS... although i am really happy that i ordered on monday and will recieve it by wednesday... the duties/taxes are making the deal definitly not worth it...

here's the invoice i got from them...

Item / Stock Qty Price Total
------ ---------------------------------------- --- ------- --
127454 Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard (Eng) 1 90.19 90.19
Promo
In Stock
127455 Stowaway Bluetooth Travel Mouse - 1 54.84 54.84
Promo In Stock
------ --- ------- --------
145.03
Tax 0.00
Shipping Info 24.00
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Total 169.03
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These prices are in Canadian Dollars.