Please Help, I need the ASUS G1

Hello,
my name is Dennis, I come from Germany.
I would like to buy the Notebook ASUS G1 in USA or Canada.
It is possible, to get the Notebook (ASUS G1) up to 12.18.2006 after Canada ?
My parents live in Canada and fly 12.20.2006 to Germany and those are the Notebook forward to carry.
How the price is in CAN $. for the ASUS G1?
Where is the Notebook available ?

Sorry for my bad English.

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Thanks and best regards from Germany

 

I hope you enjoy your stay in Canada once you arrive here!

The price is about a little over $2000 Canadian, then with Canadian taxes(depends which province your parents reside in), it'll be 7-15% more.

 

My parents live in manitoba, are the prices in the USA and Canada always indicated without tax ?

 

Well, moreso in Canada, as there is a provincial tax, which ranges from 0% to 7%, and a standard National tax of 7%.

 

Taxes in US are not listed on prices! THe good thing in the states right now is we dont pay TAX if you buy it online , like NEWEGG.COM..

We have differant taxes in every county...

 

How are the taxes, if I buy a Notebook in the USA online and let to Canada supply?

 

You still would get charged for customs and taxes, which may be a random number from 7% to 30% extra....

Not worth it.

 

At this point the availability of the G1 is pretty low. My reseller, ProPortable only got 2 and I was unluckily 3rd on the pre order list. The next shipment they are expecting won't come till after 12/18. And even those are going to be snapped up by all the remaining pre-orders.

You will most likely have to wait until after the new year to get your hands on one.

 

A little off topic, but regarding taxes and internet / mail order sales:

Technically, you don't pay sales tax (a tax on a retail transaction) to either the state where the vendor is in or your home state on these out-of-state orders, and the vendor isn't required to collect out-of-state taxes for states where they don't have a physical presence. As for NewEgg.com, I live in NJ, which is where they're based, so I pay tax on stuff I buy there even though half the time the stuff ships out of CA(???). Go figure... Anyway, you are most likely, however, required to pay a use tax on any out-of-state purchases (in most states), which is always at the same rate as the sales tax, and is a tax on "tangible personal property that is used, consumed, or stored in this state." (quote from link below)

More info here.

 

But, plainly put, nobody enforces (or even cares to enforce) the "use tax".

Why would anybody go out of their way to pay such a tax, then? One may surmise that the good, honest, American citizen would go about the hassles and procedures to paying the use tax to their respective state. If it isn't really enforced, nobody in their right mind would pay the "use tax".

Rich people do it all the time - instead they hide millions through tax shelters. So why bother?

 

I'm not saying you should run out and pay the use tax, just that, enforced or not, the use tax is owed, you are liable for it, and not paying it could be considered tax evasion or some similar crime. Nobody in thier right mind drives at the speed limit, but a percentage of those people get tickets. Just because J-walking isn't enforced and everybody does it doesn't make it legal, either.

If your local government starts hurting for cash (through the loss of sales tax revenue or for other reasons) they'll find ways to get more.
As states lose sales tax money to internet sales, look for them to make up that revenue in higher income, property, other taxes, and by collecting fees or imposing fines on things that noone previously cared to enforce. Ie, the city of Hoboken NJ declared bankruptcy last year. The next day, driving through town, it seemed like every 3rd car had a boot on it because it didn't have the required, but previously unenforced (or at least minimally enforced), parking sticker/permit from the town. This is the information age, and it wouldn't be impossible that someday the states may start requiring reports of any items shipped to that state by Amazon.com, etc... that they can then use to collect that use tax. Keep an eye on those new internet tax laws!

 

Some states have a section on the state income tax return for you to report uncollected sales / exercise tax from out of state mail order / online purchases.

 

Push !
How are the taxes, if I buy a Notebook in the USA online and let to Canada supply?
Or
How are the taxes, if I buy a Notebook in the USA online and let to Germany supply?

 

To Canada its about 7% to 30%, depends on which carrier and customs.

To Germany, it depends what your customs are like.