Very Nice affordable metal hallides

[marcingo]

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.

[andresont]

Originally Posted by marcingo

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.

[mark]

Just out of interest do they have a CSA or UL sticker?

[muck]

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.

[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by mark

Just out of interest do they have a CSA or UL sticker?

I would doubt it.

[benjamin]

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.

[marcingo]

Yes mine have UL stickers the sticker is cULus exactly like that.

[marcingo]

Originally Posted by andresont

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.

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by marcingo

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.

that's a common trick various companies use to ship their product overseas with no duty. I got headphones from japan that way once. You don't get any shipping insurance, but it saves you buttloads of money in most cases.

My girlfriend's parents were sending stuff overseas to their family on a regular basis, putting actual values down on the stuff they were buying used in pawnshops and thrift stores n stuff. They were getting dinged with loads of duty until I told them to just put the stuff at a value of like $20 or something, since used product without any receipts usually isn't covered by any insurance in the first place.