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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: When sending home a package, write "gift" on it. |
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Well, my sister notified me that she received the card from the (rip-off) post office today. She went down to get it and they said that it would cost another $30 CA since "gift" wasn't written on the box.
So a word of warning. Write gift on the parcel. Man, I hate Canada Post!! |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| There should be a box to tick on the customs form for that. You tick either "gift" or "merchandise." |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah. I sent a drum to my parents for Christmas, and because it was an instrument, and I didn't write "gift" on the box, they had to pay $15 duty. They got some money refunded by phoning some number, but not all of it because of some stupid reason - something like that I wrote "The Doe's" instead of "John and Jane Doe", which only allowed a refund for one person. Anyway, really cool that my folks had to pay to get their Christmas gift. Canada ride my Post. |
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Pandora
Joined: 25 Jan 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| What about sending personal effects back to Canada? Would qualifying the goods as "used" reduce/cancel customs charges? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| marlow wrote: |
| Yeah. I sent a drum to my parents for Christmas, and because it was an instrument, and I didn't write "gift" on the box, they had to pay $15 duty. They got some money refunded by phoning some number, but not all of it because of some stupid reason - something like that I wrote "The Doe's" instead of "John and Jane Doe", which only allowed a refund for one person. Anyway, really cool that my folks had to pay to get their Christmas gift. Canada ride my Post. |
Same here. They had to pay about 49$ in duty for a couple of scarves and a sweater. Don't know if they got a refund of not. |
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