[John Brown]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: John Brown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My biggest headache is people in other countrys that want me to understate the prices they paid for an item so they don't have to pay full import duties.</div></div>

John, would you happen to know WHEN they charge import duty? Is it a hit-and-miss thing?
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I use USPS almost exclusively and whenever the package reaches the end purchaser the postal service in that country collects the appropriate tax. I never use UPS to ship to Canada because they have an exorbitant fee that they charge for handling the tax collection. I once sent a $150 dollar item to Canada by UPS and they supposedly charged $50.00 in collection fees that Canada Post would have charged $5.00 for the same procedure. As for the amounts charged, I think the percentages vary between provinces and territories. Other countrys, don't know.