January 2013 BRS Group Buy!

[michaelis88]

I just notice this BRS is in the state, if we order stuff and ship to CAnada, do we have to a lot of customs and tax? I remember when I bought something $100 from the state and ship it to my house cost me $90 something for costume fee so I ended up paying $200

[Phil]

The tax and duty is all paid at the checkout no extra cost charged at door

[michaelis88]

Really? Is it because the company declare it as personal items or they are covering the charges? Usually, costoms fees and taxes are only charged when its got here in Canada and let the border to deside wether should be charged or not?
Hope some one who had experienced to tell me this

[Phil]

I already asked brs what they do is ship it to themselfs in Canada then ship to each person form there. So everyone's order comes together then gets divided up and shiped again

[michaelis88]

Right that explain all for me thanks

[madchild]

All Canadian orders received before Thursday @ midnight are shipped on Friday. The shipping program we use to save you brokerage fees only allows us to ship on Fridays. Canadian orders will arrive at your door with no extra fees due. Here's how: BulkReefSupply.com pays all brokerage charges out of our pocket to UPS. We also pay the GST, customs duties, and other Canadian governement fees. However these are passed on to the customer via a flat 15% Canadian tax assessed at checkout on our site. In a nut shell, we pay brokerage and you still pay your government fees, but you know the cost up front and there is no surprise bill presented when the package is delivered at your door. The 15% tax rate is based on the Ports of Entry our shipments pass through Canadian Customs and on the duties required on the wide variety of products we ship to Canada. Please note all prices on BulkReefSupply.com are in US dollars, not Canadian. Canadian orders are not eligible for any Free Shipping offer. We are unable to send some items to Canada (All fish or coral food, as well as pukani, tonga, fiji, and shelf rock). If these items are on an order they will be cancelled and refunded.

From the BRS site

[madchild]

Placed my order tonight