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Jul 21, 2004 | 04:49 PM

Maxzilla91

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Noob question, but i donno who to ask so here goes..

I ordered a part from courtesy nissan about 3 weeks ago, and i paid my purchase plus shipping with my credit card.

today my part arrived but i wasn't around to recieve it, so i got this notice saying it will be delivered again tomorow. and it says it has a Brokerage C.O.D due for CDN$44.70... whoa.. they keep trying to take money from me. what is that $44.70 for?

the part itself costs USD$47 and shipping is like USD$27.15.. the entire purchase comes to about CDN$108, so if that CDN$44.70 was for customs and taxes it means they're charging me 41% in taxes for this thing? what the?

anyone else canadian who bought stuff from the states that had to pay huge extra fees?

Jul 21, 2004 | 05:46 PM

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Yep, that's customs. I sent a $100 gift to my parents for their anniversary and they had to pay $45 in customs fees. When I go visit them in August, I'm taking Canadian street signs to make up for it.

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Jul 21, 2004 | 05:49 PM

Maxzilla91

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lol.. thx for the prompt response. now i feel better for knowing i ain't getting scamed...

Jul 22, 2004 | 10:31 AM

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Who was the shipping company for this order?

I ordered a new set of foglights for my 2K2 from Jerry Rome Nissan when they had their special on, and I also ordered the foglight protection film from a fellow org member and had them shipped to Canada. I did not pay any brokerage fees whatsoever. I have heard that if you can get your stuff shipped through USPS (that's what I did), you stand a lot better chance of avoiding the brokerage fees. Companies like UPS and Fedex screw you hard in this area.

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Jul 22, 2004 | 10:45 AM

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Mine went through UPS. I should be stealing UPS equipment rather than Canadian gov't stuff?

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Jul 23, 2004 | 06:37 AM

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Mine went through UPS. I should be stealing UPS equipment rather than Canadian gov't stuff?

~THT

Yep. UPS is the one screwing you. But, it's also partly the government for taxes and duties etc. Screw them too!

Jul 27, 2004 | 02:29 AM

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yea you got screwed by UPS. when i got my HID's on ebay they were shipped from mexico (can you say stolen)... well a few weeks later i got a nice bill from UPS for customs fees..... what a bunch of BS!