Customs to pay on a skimmer?

[dreef]

Either ups or fedex will charge a brokerage fee,ups being the most.I recently ordered a T5 light fixture from california.They used fedex for shipping but instead used ups for canada.I was prepared for the worst but for some reason they listed value at 100 american? The lights were 250 american and i should have been nailed for xtra fees.So, 100 converted to canadian,115, i payed just shy of 50 bucks total,no duties were added,just tax and brokerage fee.So in all, almost half of the declared value In the end i still was laughing as compared to canadian suppliers the price was great !!!