Comment Re:North of the Border (Score 1) 395
Actually in this case you're just playing Canada Customs Roulette(tm)
Sometimes they'll inspect your package and charge you GST, sometimes they won't. If they do decide to look at it and it's not GSTable they'll still nail you for 5$ for the privledge of them inspecting your package. (You pay the 5$ no matter what the GST collected is)
I'd say I've been hit about 30% of the time on USPS mail which is still better than getting hit by UPS/Fedex where they sometimes try to bill you COD for brokerage, and then send you an invoice in the mail for the same thing to see if you're not paying attention.
Sometimes they'll inspect your package and charge you GST, sometimes they won't. If they do decide to look at it and it's not GSTable they'll still nail you for 5$ for the privledge of them inspecting your package. (You pay the 5$ no matter what the GST collected is)
I'd say I've been hit about 30% of the time on USPS mail which is still better than getting hit by UPS/Fedex where they sometimes try to bill you COD for brokerage, and then send you an invoice in the mail for the same thing to see if you're not paying attention.
