Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome to the wonderful world of international commerce! There is no duty on camera bits from the USA but there is tax owing. Your courier company cheerful pays these taxes for you which they then collect from you. For performing this small duty they charge a modest brokerage charge. Remember you are an intelligent creature; live and learn! The best shipping method is by US Airmail. Canada Post only charges a flat $5CAN brokerage fee which is very reasonable when compared UPS (and others) $35CAN to $40CAN fee. I have had $5US books end up costing $60CAN (once and only once)! You have to remember this when bidding on stupid little stuff on "you know where" as if they insist on UPS shipping, which some of them do, you will pay a fortune for that Leica Catalogue #45!! Cheers John Collier > From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net> > > Have any of you had any experience with bokerage fees and duty being > added to Ebay purchases? >