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Shipping from Canada

I've never purchased anything from Canada and am strongly considering it. Besides normal shipping, are there any importing fees from customs, or other hidden fees, etc when having items shipped from Canada? How about when items are shipped from China?

Does anyone have experience receiving items from Canada or China? Thanks
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sarcher30
596 posts
 
If your purchase is over $2,500, you will have to pay extra customs fees. I had to pay an extra $30 something on a $3k purchase from Canada.
raks
468 posts
 
I've bought several items from Canada and never had a problem.
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rja
2,112 posts
 
If sent by Canada Post you can usually avoid duty. If sent through UPS or FedEX you "may" receive a bill via USPS after you receive the package. In this case you will pay both the service charge to the carrier and the duty. This has happened to me several times.
ebm
5,165 posts
 
I only buy USA!!
williewonka
1,826 posts
 
Ebm - you don't know what you are missing out on...
- Gershman Acoustics
- Simaudio Moon
- Bryston
- Maple syrup
- poutine

To name but a few things :-)
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