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Has anyone been charged duty/surtax in addition to HST on fountain pens bought in the US and sent to Canada via USPS by Canadian customs?

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Yeh, got charged something like 18CAD for a $60 pen!

 

In Canada?

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In Canada?

Yes in Canada, for a pen ordered from the US. There was a custom duty as well as a 'handling fee' or whatever it was.

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So do look to order from some Canadian the government has already ripped off....and pay the higher price. Then one don't have to fiddle with customs.

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So do look to order from some Canadian the government has already ripped off....and pay the higher price. Then one don't have to fiddle with customs.

 

Or go on the classifieds and see ads for Jinhao pens selling for $30 by a guy trying to make a quick buck off of an unlucky person's back :lticaptd: (laughing at the idiot who thinks it's a good idea to rip people off, he's been reported btw)

Link to a post about ergonomics I made: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343593-which-indian-fountain-pen-would-you-write-a-novel-with/?p=4179072

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Yes in Canada, for a pen ordered from the US. There was a custom duty as well as a 'handling fee' or whatever it was.

BTW: When I order anything from the UK, say from Cult Pens, I never get GST/HST taxes + handling charges slapped on the shipments. They seem to be delivered to my house, without charges.

But, if I order from Goulet Pens in the USA (from next door to us, if you will), I'll often get hit with the above charges.

 

Once I shipped my own pen (a Kaweco with a 14c nib) to Pendleton to have stubbed, a pen I paid for & been taxed for in Canada. On the pen's return, Pendleton honestly declared the replacement value of my gold-nibbed pen (in case of loss or...)

I had to wait a week longer than what the mail should take from Georgia. The tracking trail stopped at the clearing house at the Border. Sure enough, I paid close to 70.00 CAD to get my own pen out of our Post Office.

This is just one of many stories that I could tell of fountain pens & fly fishing equipment that has traveled across the Canada/US Border.

*Sailor 1911S, Black/gold, 14k. 0.8 mm. stub(JM) *1911S blue "Colours", 14k. H-B "M" BLS (PB)

*2 Sailor 1911S Burgundy/gold: 14k. 0.6 mm. "round-nosed" CI (MM) & 14k. 1.1 mm. CI (JM)

*Sailor Pro-Gear Slim Spec. Ed. "Fire",14k. (factory) "H-B"

*Kaweco SPECIAL FP: 14k. "B",-0.6 mm BLS & 14k."M" 0.4 mm. BLS (PB)

*Kaweco Stainless Steel Lilliput, 14k. "M" -0.7 mm.BLS, (PB)

 

 

 

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BTW: When I order anything from the UK, say from Cult Pens, I never get GST/HST taxes + handling charges slapped on the shipments. They seem to be delivered to my house, without charges.

 

Just to rekindle this conversation... i have been looking forward to ordering Inks from Cult Pens and getting it delivered to my brother's place in Toronto, Ontario. How many times have you ordered from Cult Pens without needing to give any duties or charges?

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Cult Pens pays the GST up front, you see it listed on their online order form when you reach the shipping screen and are just about to click "pay"  -- it's now actually less expensive to buy this way as there is no Canada Post/Border Customs handling fee. Until recently I've been successful buying from Vanness and Goulet without getting intercepted by Border Customs, but I think that was due to Covid 19 repercussions. My last two purchases have been intercepted. Cult Pens is looking much more attractive. Unfortunately, they don't always have what I'm looking for. Oh well..

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