Good News Canadians!

Ok after reading lapboy's question about somebody saying they didn't have to pay duty on computers imported into Canada, I FINALLY called Customs and spoke with a very pleasant lady.

There is no duty charged on laptop computers coming into Canada from the U.S. She said there are a number of electronic items that the gov't doesn't charge duty for and laptops are one of them. She said all you'd have to pay is GST and PST (except Alberta) and that's it.

Now, I failed to ask whether that includes items that are not manufactured in the U.S. but considering there is like one brand that's manufactured in the U.S., I would assume where it's manufactured has nothing to do with it. If somebody else wants to call them and ask that question, that might be good just to be totally clear.

1-800-461-9999 (I didn't have to wait on hold at all - she picked up right away. Just hit 0 at the main menu to get to a service rep)

Anyway, this is good news!

_{I am one escroww}

 

whoa coolness

did u get her name and everything? cuz what's gonna happen at the boarder if you do get dutied? hehe

this is sounding good.
maybe i'll give a call after finals.. i hope by then the pre-order wont be full yet..

now i gotta find some amerifriend down in washington somewhere.

-nathan

 

I am happy for all you Canadians [8D]

Cheers

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No I failed to get her name.

Somebody else should call again and just verify that there is still no duty if the goods are manufactured overseas but are coming to Canada through the US. I can't believe I forgot to ask that.

I think the no-duty thing will apply even if you are having it shipped to you in Canada, you don't necessarily have to carry it across the border yourself. But then you'll have to pay shipping, but how much are you going to pay to carry it across yourself anyway, whether it's a plane ticket or gas!

_{I am one escroww}

 

That's really good news!...thanks for checking.

The fact that the laptop isn't made in the US shouldn't affect fees at the border. It depends on whether there's a difference between Canada's import policy from Taiwan and the US's. For example, if Canada charged a lot less to import a particular item from China than the states did, you wouldn't be able to just import it to Canada and then bring it to the US to avoid higher fees. In that case it would matter. But as long as they're the same...and for laptops from Taiwan I'm almost positive they are...it doesn't make a difference.

 

Thanks inamorata!

I think there are a going to be a lot of happy Canadians browsing the ASUS forums today. I hope so anyway!

_{I am one escroww}

 

If you want to be technical about it, the barebone systems are considered made in the US...... while the ensemble models would be made in taiwan.

Thanks,
Justin
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Oh great, see, I told you I'd get a reputation!

No, I wasn't even trying to make an innuendo there. [ ]

_{I am one escroww}

 

I do want to be technical about it. Being technical is good. [ ]

_{I am one escroww}

 

You don't have to try hard,

It comes effortlesly [ ]

Cheers

Asus Z71V
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1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
NVidia 6600go 128 meg
60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
Dual-Layer DVD +RW
BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

 

AHAAAAA

Do I detect a hint of innuendo .......??

Cheers

Asus Z71V
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1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
NVidia 6600go 128 meg
60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
Dual-Layer DVD +RW
BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

 

lapboy, I'm not even going to try and touch that one...talk about lining one up though... [8D]

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by CalibratedComa

 

Its infectious !!

We are all becoming contaminated [:0]

ofcourse ,with innuendoes [ ]

Cheers

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1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
NVidia 6600go 128 meg
60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
Dual-Layer DVD +RW
BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

 

I think we ALL have to get our minds out of the gutter...[:I][ ][ ]

ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, Toshiba Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700

 

I think I'm entirely innocent and it's YOU who is always seeing innuendos where there aren't any! [ ]

_{I am one escroww}

 

All the males on this thread have very 'fertile' imagination [ ]

sencha, are you to blame for it ?? [ ]

Cheers

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1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
NVidia 6600go 128 meg
60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
Dual-Layer DVD +RW
BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

 

... and you guys wonder why you're on here at night and not out on dates or something [ ]

Thanks,
Justin
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Zing!

_{I am one escroww}

 

Burn...

Thanks,
Justin
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Uhhh Ohhh -----

Cheers

Asus Z71V
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1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
NVidia 6600go 128 meg
60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
Dual-Layer DVD +RW
BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

 

Stumbled upon this site
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/inftec_e/inftec_e.htm

Basically for all those canadians wondering if Sencha's ups person was right or not.
Heres the backup info, apparently Amerca and Canada are both 2 of the 62 participants in the ITA thing

cool!
-nathan

 

Well as long as they don't take it out on us if she was wrong.... [ ]

Thanks,
Justin
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I didn't call UPS. I called Customs Canada and spoke to a Customs Canada representative.

However, based on all the documentation I've seen online, there is some question as to whether or not products manufactured in a country other than the U.S. or Canada are still exempt from duty, as I believe this falls more under NAFTA than ITA. Nobody seems to have followed up on this, so I guess when/if the Canadians Justin sent W3s to decide to let us know if they were charged duties, then we'll have a better idea.

 

I'll see if anyone responds........ 5-6 went up to various places in canada (w3's that is) and most went USPS... a couple went FedEx.... I'll see what the customers say... they should have them by the end of the week.

Thanks,
Justin
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Got mine on Friday...i can confirm: no duty, just regular GST and PST

 

For us non-Canadian's, whats GST and PST and how much do those come to (both total and percentage if you will) ?

Thanks,
Justin
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GST is a 7% federal tax. PST is a provincial tax that varies from province to province. Quebec is 7.5%...not sure about the others.

 

ouch... well atleast there were no duties.... you got yours FedEx'd, right?

Thanks,
Justin
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Yeah the taxes definitely aren't cheap. But had i purchased a laptop from any local canadian store, I'd still be stuck paying the same in taxes.

 

Oh... well ok.. that's not so bad then.

Thanks,
Justin
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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by inamorata
GST is a 7% federal tax. PST is a provincial tax that varies from province to province. Quebec is 7.5%...not sure about the others.
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It is 8% in Ontario... []


C.

 

that's not so bad really... in Pennsylvania there is a 6% tax... in Virginia it's like 10%.......

Thanks,
Justin
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Yea the taxes hurt alot...

8% Federal, 7% Provincal...15% in total..



Well, at least the tax returns aren't bad though...[ ]

 

so it all evens out then.

Thanks,
Justin
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Yeah, I got a pretty sweet tax return last week. Too bad it didn't come a month ago... [xx(]