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Originally Posted by mess7777
What do you mean a "place like Quebec" 
As I was writing this up I realized that you are pretty much right that it would need to be a bunch of people from the same area. That said, I don't consider $600 cheap for a bunch of lights, even if that is much less than other name brand fixtures.
Shipping canadapost Quebec to Toronto is about $15, considering the packed weight is 7.5kg. It'd be more to BC.
I am a bit concerned with the duties and brokerage fees that tend to be unknown until it arrives at the door. It's probably not worth it to save $30.
You can consider this closed, I'll see if there's any interest on a local forum because I am a big time cheapskate. |
As I mentioned before Duties and tax are all depend on how much they claim the value when they ship those units. Most of the time you can ask them tag a 0.1 CAD value on each fixtures, however, unless the CBSA officer is having a really good day, they will very likely to return the shipment for false claim on value. My suggestion is to claim each unit at a price between $30 to $40, so with DHL/FEDEX proessing fee and tax a dn duties, you are looking at about extra $10.00 for each unit.
As far as shipping cost within Canada, it is a very valid point that you should not ignore or just "think" it is going to be certain amount. You will need the size of packaging and also the actual weight with all the extra items in the box.
For shipping a 36" unit, that is about 5kg can cost between $20 to $40 just within BC and I have the Venture One Business account which suppose to give me discount on shipping already.
Another thing you should consider is most of them ship their units in a large package. Which means you will need to spend some more money to get boxes for each person.