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Originally Posted by Reef Supplies
$900 is a LOT of money, but as Cal_sti wrote...there are options.
Where do they ship out of? Correct me if i'm wrong but I believe they ship out of Japan. Be it Japan, USA...Euro, you will have to pay duties, brokerage fees and tax on that NAC7.
This is a rough breakdown when using UPS ands shipping the NAC7...could be off a little.
duty $10.20
gst $13.09
coversion $5.20
brokerage $43.98
Disbursmant $6.61
So you need to add about $78, so if my calculations are correct your $208 NAC 7 will cost you about $285.
And you still have to buy a converter for the 220V.
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Don't get things shipped by courier and you don't pay brokerage or duty, most times not even taxes. I buy things from the US and over seas often and just get it sent via USPS or regular air mail and have only occasionally had to pay GST but never any of the other charges you list. Maybe from a business perspective when you are buying pallets of stuff you can't avoid some of these charges but a regular consumer can. It usually takes 2-3 weeks this way but it's much cheaper. I even have over seas merchants ask me what I want them to declare the value of the merchandise is to lower the potential GST costs on my end. I really don't know how customs decides when to charge GST or not but so far I only pay it 1 in 10 purchases.