Originally posted by salibas007: 700$ for 12 Bolivar DC middle-east RE that my friend had sent me from Korea (these weren't coming from a vendor.. rather from a guy.. just like you and me)
Hope you knew in advance they were coming! Wouldn't that be a surprise to get a 'gift' that you had to pay a $700 duty on?
That is what I was thinking, SURPRISE, you now owe $700 dollars... and btw, here are some cigars!
Posts: 621 | Location: Ohio | Registered: July 31, 2007
Just have any of your non-smoking friends and co-workers max out their exemption for you when they come back from vacation. Have the cigars shipped to the address they are staying at.
Buy them a case of beer for their troubles and you are still saving a fortune.
I bought a C.A.O. Mx2 belicoso the other day locally just to try something different and paid $16.99. They are only about 5 or 6 bucks to buy in the U.S. Canadians can't afford to smoke cigars at Canadian prices.
Posts: 74 | Location: Ontario | Registered: March 07, 2008
Originally posted by Ron Sanders: Question to the posters from Canada:
-What would happen if you needed (or wanted) to ship an order of cigars back to the retailer in either a European country or even to the U.S.
-Would you be able to get a "refund" from your Customs?
They wouldn't even pay the duty. The cheapskates would just refuse the shipment and it would either be returned to the vendor or destroyed. Needless to say when a vendor has to swallow this expense and when customs decides to harrass him for false delcarations etc...he eventually stops shipments to Canada.
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Posts: 7612 | Location: Cigar land | Registered: March 10, 2003
when a package is assessed some insane amount of duty, I refuse it (my max is about 200$ per box od duty.. more than that, and I just will not accept it)..
most vendors used to offer free reshipping.. so once the package was refused at the postal office, it was returned (free of charge) to the vendor, which would turn around and reship it..
more and more, vendors are either not shippiong to Canada, or simply not offering guarantees...
so if a shipment is nailed, and you want to refuse it, then it is simply lost....
You can always appeal it to customs. I dont have their number. But you can call them and find out. There is a standard rate on duties then prov. and fed. taxes. I was told that you can appeal.
