Canadians buying from Meier Audio

[Clutz]

Have any of my fellow Canadians here at Head-Fi made any purchases from Meier-Audio? I am contemplating making a purchase but I cannot figure out how much duty I will end up paying - and that is a significant factor in determining whether or not to pull the trigger. If it is just a fixed rate and someone can tell me - I'd appreciate it. I cannot find information regarding this on either CanadaPost.com or on the Customs and Border Services web page.

Cheers,
Clutz

 

[kdread]

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[Clutz]

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Yes- the forum is hiccuping. I wasn't trying to flood the forum.

In any event: bump!

 

[Solude]

Customs fees are negligable for most purchases. It's more or less GST/PST on the declared value. The declared value is almost always lower than the actual cost so its favourable.

For instance duty on an SFT Dynahi PP ($600US) was $40CAD. I just pulled the trigger on some Beyer 880 from Meier $210US and expect duty to be well even less

 

[Clutz]

Hmm. That's what I was thinking about doing too..

So likely all I will pay is the tax on it if I had bought an item of that value in Canada? I don't mind that at all.. I just didn't want to get assessed 30% duty in addition to the tax..

 

[Gord SW Ont]

Meier usually sends by Canada post so there should be only tax plus a $5 or so fixed postal fee (rather than that excessive brokerage fee you've heard of).

Wonderful company ... good luck with your purchase.