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Old 09-21-2012, 01:32 PM
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this all sounds nice regarding clearing customs, but dont you hasve to clear customs in the city/place the pacage enter's canada if you want to do it yourselve.

as far as I know, and I never did it, becouse of the unknown but if I would have something shipped to me and it would enter canada opn the main land, but I live on the island, than I have to go to the mainland to clear it.

or is it possible to clear the package locally at customs, regardless if the package enters canada on the west coast ore east coast ?
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:06 PM
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Maybe this has changed in the last year or so but I had brought in a $300 AIO tank from the US and it was shipped via FedEx. A week later I got an invoice in the mail from FedEx for $150 in brokerage fees.
You may be confusing brokerage fees with duties and GST. Brokerage is what the shipping company charges for doing the customs paperwork. Customs duties is the tax that the government applies for importing goods to Canada (rather than buying within Canada...which is the point). GST is applied on top of Customs Duties.

I would love to see the invoice. Was it shipped Fedex Express or Fedex Ground?

The highest custom duties on goods is 20%, plus the 5% GST, plus the $10 brokerage fee. So a $300 tank should be $60 duties, $15 GST, $10 brokerage fee which equals $85. I've never seen anything different than this from Fedex. The only time you should get the charges by mail is if the paperwork fell off the package, otherwise you should get the charges on delivery.
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