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Old 11-17-2006, 12:15 AM
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not at all. He didnt put any price on the package. Maybe I got lucky but yeah no fees or taxes at all. Was kinda surprised.

Total cost for me was 269- two setups with 2 extra bulbs and 2 bulbs included and moonlight and shipping all in that price.

I was pretty happy with it.
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Old 11-17-2006, 12:20 AM
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not at all. He didnt put any price on the package. Maybe I got lucky but yeah no fees or taxes at all. Was kinda surprised.

Total cost for me was 269- two setups with 2 extra bulbs and 2 bulbs included and moonlight and shipping all in that price.

I was pretty happy with it.
Dont get too exited taxes may come in later, that's what happend to my friend when he bought a watch from states (www.watchzone.com)
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Old 11-17-2006, 12:40 AM
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The ballasts in the link are 220v but the guy sells 110 volt ballats too.(or whatever we use here) The reason for the link was just to illustrate how the setups look. So he included the 110's for no extra charge.

As for the taxes I could only see them charging me the brokerage fee of 20 dollars but they cant really charge me gst since there was no price on the box or value of the package. Dont know how they would know. But on the package it had a note from customs that said Customs cleared- wouldnt the delivery guy charge me when he gave me the package- thats what happened when I bought my phone from the US.
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Old 11-17-2006, 02:33 AM
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The ballasts in the link are 220v but the guy sells 110 volt ballats too.(or whatever we use here) The reason for the link was just to illustrate how the setups look. So he included the 110's for no extra charge.

As for the taxes I could only see them charging me the brokerage fee of 20 dollars but they cant really charge me gst since there was no price on the box or value of the package. Dont know how they would know. But on the package it had a note from customs that said Customs cleared- wouldnt the delivery guy charge me when he gave me the package- thats what happened when I bought my phone from the US.
I guess you are right, how china would know (?)what to charge us here, unless government keepsa track somhow i might need to call my friend for tax details if anybody here is interested, but i know he told me that he was charged later, it could be different because he bought from US tough.
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Just out of interest do they have a CSA or UL sticker?
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Old 11-17-2006, 03:22 AM
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Canada Customs could have taken the info off the box. (hence why there was none) It has happened before on packages from my work.

Hopefully you won't get any surprises though.
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Just out of interest do they have a CSA or UL sticker?
I would doubt it.
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Old 11-17-2006, 03:39 AM
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He could have also sent it as a gift, this gets rid of alot of the fees you would have to pay, thats how it worked for me when i ordered my mh setup from a different country.
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Yes mine have UL stickers the sticker is cULus exactly like that.
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I guess you are right, how china would know (?)what to charge us here, unless government keepsa track somhow i might need to call my friend for tax details if anybody here is interested, but i know he told me that he was charged later, it could be different because he bought from US tough.
When I bought my phone from the US the guy that sent it put that it was only 30 dollars and that it was a gift. They never took the value off the package but they still charged me 20 dollars brokerage.
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