What are the pros and cons of a 3.5-10x40 and 4-14x50 for paper/pesting
- Thread starter randyhub
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The Chinese sellers don't cover duties. Sometimes they'll lie (in your benefit) and undervalue the package's value declaration (eg, $5 instead of $50), but you'll still have to pay duties yourself. Depending on what shipping company is used, you'll either pay duty when you sign to collect, or at the Post Office. Most likely the shippers will use their (MUCH less expensive) national postal service, so you'll pick it up via Canada Post.
You can find Canadian duty calculators out there which have all the different rates for different types of goods, but I think the basic rate is 6% (plus GST and/or PST/HST), so budget at least that
(Source: my wife orders lots of clothes online...)
The Chinese sellers don't cover duties. Sometimes they'll lie (in your benefit) and undervalue the package's value declaration (eg, $5 instead of $50), but you'll still have to pay duties yourself. Depending on what shipping company is used, you'll either pay duty when you sign to collect, or at the Post Office. Most likely the shippers will use their (MUCH less expensive) national postal service, so you'll pick it up via Canada Post.
You can find Canadian duty calculators out there which have all the different rates for different types of goods, but I think the basic rate is 6% (plus GST and/or PST/HST), so budget at least that
(Source: my wife orders lots of clothes online...)
I have never had to pay duty yet on gun parts only on a 200.00 DVD/GPS head unit. Been buying from China directly for 6 or 7 years now.
Randy
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- Kelowna, BC
Good to hear! As I said, my experience was with clothes
(and with small orders, you'll probably not even pay duties...)If the chinese company you ordered from used canada post, then you are fine. They do print a shipping label stating the contents and value of the package for canada customs to see, but they usually put down a $5 or $10 value that customs just processes them and sends them off. The problem people typically experience is when they start using fedex and ups. Been ordering online for the last 10 years, and I always do my best to use canada post/china post/us post/(insert favourite government post here). Stay away from fedex, ups, purolator, etc. unless absolute necessary or dealing within canada.
i have bought loads off DHgate and not once paid any duty.
i have noticed the value stated on some packages were $5 lol
never ever had a package opened either
you get what you pay though
Sometimes China does not copy, they manufacture under contract, and when the contract runs out, they keep manufacturing the same product with their own brand name.
The Chinese are very particular about patent and copyright infringement - if the patents are expired, or they have a license to use the patent they will manufacture and export. If the patents have not expired they will allow manufacture for domestic use but will not allow export.
Some of the items folks claim are cheap copies have come from the same factory that had a contract to produce the brand name goods.
And, sometimes, like the Rolex clone beings sold by a street vendor for $4.00 U.S. these products are manufactured in the back room of a watch repair shop.
Many U.S., Japanese, and European manufacturers have factories in China and S.E. Asia.
Your mobile phones, computer boards, and tablets are an example.
Agreed, most optics are made or the parts are made in China only the high ened stuff for the most part is not. Problem is there is no way of telling if the what you buy has any chinese parts in it these days as a fake stamps or packaging and the small part of of printed info may say China may not. My fav is Chinese stuff sold here with US/Canadian packaging..................
