Question about online orders and duty

[cvrle1]

Thanks again for the help.

Just to verify few things. I do agree with Troy on shopping localy instead of MO if the price is same. So far I bought every sibgle thing from lfs except my skimmer which was MO(It was cheeper even after all the taxes and stuff by ~ $100 canadian). The reason why I wanted to buy icecap MO is because I found 2 online stores that are giving 25% of on orders over $100 so instead of it being $170 as it is right now, it would come out to $135 which would be ~ $200 canadian + plus shipping and other stuff would come out to $250. Now that would be $60 less than at J&L. Concidering that I'm a student that is quite a saving for me.

Now another question that I had about this thing is what happens if you buy stuff on eBay? I saw icecap660 for $130 US and was conteplating on betting on it (bidding was closing in 2 hours)Question is, would I have to pay any duty or other stuff. It would be sent as a package in an envelope and it would be treated as a present. No UPS shipping or anything like that. Any info on that?