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I pay through my nose in taxes... 35-40% of my income, nearly $6000 a year in property taxes... 14% retail tax on all purchases... and I get raped on any out of Canada shipments that come in...

I had three golf shirts arrive from Japan today... value of $100 Canadian total for all three. Was hit with

Duty 18% = $18.00

GST: $7.08

PST: $9.44

Handling Fee: $8.00

for a total of 42.52 or 42.52%

The other day I had a golf headcover arrive that canada customs converted to $20.32 CAD.

Duty: 1.42

GST: 1.22

PST: 1.63

Handling fee: 8.00

Total 12.27 = 60%

I am calling tomorrow to bitch about the 18% duty on my golf shirts (clearly declared as golf shirts)... talk about excessive.

Sorry had to vent cause I'm pissed.

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Hi, I feel your Pain. I usualy ask for sender to disclose a value less than 60$ or write it as a gift. Oh btw, never I mean never use fedex or ups to ship inbound.

Good luck with you phone calls

Cheers anyways

Frank

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That's crazy Man!!!

Call them and give them a piece of your mind :tsg_smiley_heart:

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gotta be all those taxes you pay for socialized health care you got!!

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That's part of the deal living in Canada, you take the good along with the bad. Duties on clothings is higher than golf equipment and the $8 handling would be a smaller percentage if the total value is higher. My imported average cost has been around 25% but never as high as 45%. Then again, I do not buy nearly as much as you do. I just keep taking your discards. :tsg_smiley_heart:

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It's a complete rape job. I try to get things sent as a "gift" or a "warranty replacement". Give that a shot. Seems to help most of the time.

Health Care is nice, but there are better Dr.'s in the US anyway. I'm from Sask and if i want an MRI, i have to wait up to a yr for one. That's the down side to health care. No reason there shouldn't be a two tier system. If you want to pay your own way it shouldn't be a problem. Especially considering it's not taking the place of someone in line. But that just wouldn't fly with all the socialists. BRUTAL.

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I pay through my nose in taxes... 35-40% of my income, nearly $6000 a year in property taxes... 14% retail tax on all purchases... and I get raped on any out of Canada shipments that come in...

I had three golf shirts arrive from Japan today... value of $100 Canadian total for all three. Was hit with

Duty 18% = $18.00

GST: $7.08

PST: $9.44

Handling Fee: $8.00

for a total of 42.52 or 42.52%

The other day I had a golf headcover arrive that canada customs converted to $20.32 CAD.

Duty: 1.42

GST: 1.22

PST: 1.63

Handling fee: 8.00

Total 12.27 = 60%

I am calling tomorrow to bitch about the 18% duty on my golf shirts (clearly declared as golf shirts)... talk about excessive.

Sorry had to vent cause I'm pissed.

count your lucky stars... out here in new york city... marginal tax rate on income is as high as 45-48%....and lets not even go to property taxes....

i rather pay the duty on the golf stuff and save the 8-13% on income.....

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count your lucky stars... out here in new york city... marginal tax rate on income is as high as 45-48%....and lets not even go to property taxes....

i rather pay the duty on the golf stuff and save the 8-13% on income.....

Wow thought us guys here in hawaii were getting ripped off on shipping. After hearing your story I don't really feel that bad, in fact, I feel pretty fortunate now.

Peace!

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count your lucky stars... out here in new york city... marginal tax rate on income is as high as 45-48%....and lets not even go to property taxes....

i rather pay the duty on the golf stuff and save the 8-13% on income.....

Marginal tax rate approaching 50%??? ****!!!

Some cottage along a fjord looks better every day.

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i feel your pain as well. locally the tax on golf clubs is 1% but with all the taxes, handling etc etc. in the end it comes up to almost 3--50% of the declared value. although there is a loophole by under declaring it the government ahs grown wise about tis practice and actually have a blue book on all current value of most gear coming in. if they do not know the price they will average it out and there is no escaping. some items get to slide out but payment is the only option.

in the end the competitiveness of the item i have pruchased abroad wether new or ebay is lost by the time customs duties are paid. if i dont want to pay i usually time my purchases with arrival of friends or family from abroad. they usually will hand carry these items for me.

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  • 1 year later...

As one of the few hard core lefties playing golf (right-handed) at an America private club (hypocritical as that may seem), as a completely unrepentant child of the sixties, and as a guy whose dream is that Mr. Obama steers our nation through a hard left-hand turn belatedly into the 21st century, I’d respectfully suggest that you quit complaining about taxes and be grateful that you live in a civilized country.

Canada is North America’s one precious little piece of Europe, while we neighbors south of the border have a lot of catching up to do. Our pockets of civilization like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco have for too long lived under the cloud of a Crawford mentality. At least under the Maple Leaf, you can tee up one of those 1.62” Dunlop 65s that you’ve been saving, give the ball a good smack, and shout “Power to the Proletariat” without somebody bitching about grumpy old pinkos like NiftyNiblick :tsg_smiley_beach: on the course!

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