For any Canadians

If you want to find out the brokerage fees, you can go here:
http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

Note that any Canadian buyer will ALWAYS be changed tax on the declared value, so that means an additional 15% (for Ontario) of the Canadian dollar value. So the total "brokerage fee" will be what is listed in the above link PLUS 15% of the Canadian dollar value. So if the item was $70US plus $15US shipping for a total of $85US, that would be about $100CDN. Now you are taxed on that value (yes you are taxed on the shipping too) so you will owe $15 in tax PLUS the customs brokerage fee from the above link. Which would be $19.00 plus $4.25, bringing the total owed to $38.25.

Oh and you will probably be taxed on the customs brokerage charges too... so another $3.50 in tax.

Last edited by GregCarter; 12/05/05 04:52 PM.