Canadian customs question.

[bok_slash]

Hi there :)

 

I have a Question for the Canadians on this forum..

I got a friend from Canada (Toronto area) who is in desperate needs of a new Graphics card, and i happen to have a 1070 just laying collecting dust,. So my question is Do any of you Canadians know roughly how much he would have to pay in customs and taxes, if i where to send him my old card from Denmark :)

 

Thanks for now. :)

[givingtnt]

4 minutes ago, bok_slash said:

Hi there

 

I have a Question for the Canadians on this forum..

I got a friend from Canada (Toronto area) who is in desperate needs of a new Graphics card, and i happen to have a 1070 just laying collecting dust,. So my question is Do any of you Canadians know roughly how much he would have to pay in customs and taxes, if i where to send him my old card from Denmark

 

Thanks for now.

Just claim it's a gift. through the postal service.
he will pay nothing. 

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

Just claim it's a gift. through the postal service.
he will pay nothing. 

not at all, Canada requires something to cost less than $60 for it to be a gift and cost nothing in taxes. A 1070 sure worth more than that, unless you can prove that it doesn't work.

 

then again I'm not sure if personal items count

[givingtnt]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

not at all, Canada requires something to cost less than $60 for it to be a gift and cost nothing in taxes. A 1070 sure worth more than that, unless you can prove that it doesn't work.

I've never been required to do that. You don't need to prove in any meaningfull way that it doesn't work.
Or just claim it's not worth 60$.

it's not really hard to get around that..

 

[dizmo]

There's no duty on computer parts. At worst, you'd probably have to pay tax, at 13% on whatever you value it at.

If you plan to send it as a gift, you should include a card or something. Lying on customs forms is fraud.

[imbrock]

28 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

I've never been required to do that. You don't need to prove in any meaningfull way that it doesn't work.
Or just claim it's not worth 60$.

it's not really hard to get around that..

 

On a related not when ever I order from dealextreme they list their products as being worth under $25 regardless. Lying to duties is common practice for canadians.

[givingtnt]

1 minute ago, imbrock said:

On a related not when ever I order from dealextreme they list their products as being worth under $25 regardless. Lying to duties is common practice for canadians.

the risk is only if something happens to the package, you can't claim the true monetary value. not that electronics are taxed anyway...

[trag1c]

You just pay the sales tax on the sale value. Your friend just has to go down to cbsa to pay before he can receive the package.

[Ravendarat]

1 hour ago, trag1c said:

You just pay the sales tax on the sale value. Your friend just has to go down to cbsa to pay before he can receive the package.

Ive never paid tax on anything used that I bought from the states

[trag1c]

12 hours ago, Ravendarat said:

Ive never paid tax on anything used that I bought from the states

I have plenty of times. I have never payed tax if i bought it while i was in the states but on a lot of my shipments from the states I had to before it could clear customs.

[Ravendarat]

5 hours ago, trag1c said:

I have plenty of times. I have never payed tax if i bought it while i was in the states but on a lot of my shipments from the states I had to before it could clear customs.

Really, thats very interesting. I wonder what the difference is?

[trag1c]

I think when you visist you have a certain spending limit per person before you have to pay but when something is shipped it depends on what they declare the value of.

[dalekphalm]

 For god's sake please don't send a GTX 1070 through the mail while claiming it as $60 or less in value!

 

If the package is damaged, or lost, you're SOL, and that's a rather expensive mistake to make.

 

Claim it as a gift, sure, but list the correct used value, and also MAKE SURE TO FULLY INSURE THE SHIPMENT for the correct used value.

[bok_slash]

Hi again First of thanks for the replies and sorry for not responding to any of them

 

The card got sent as a "letter" on the 23'th of April, as a Gift with a declared value of 200$ my local mail office said that the expected transit time would be 4-6days, as of today its been 9 working days and the recipient still haven't received the package, How long does Customs in Canada (Ontario area) normally take to process packages :)?

 

I was sadly a cheapskate when i sent the package so i choose a shipping option that didn't include tracking (Sending it with tracking would cost 5times as much) so i sadly cant see where in the work the package is..

[dalekphalm]

4 minutes ago, bok_slash said:

Hi again First of thanks for the replies and sorry for not responding to any of them

 

The card got sent as a "letter" on the 23'th of April, as a Gift with a declared value of 200$ my local mail office said that the expected transit time would be 4-6days, as of today its been 9 working days and the recipient still haven't received the package, How long does Customs in Canada (Ontario area) normally take to process packages :)?

 

I was sadly a cheapskate when i sent the package so i choose a shipping option that didn't include tracking (Sending it with tracking would cost 5times as much) so i sadly cant see where in the work the package is..

You sent a GTX 1070 in the mail without tracking? Are you fucking stupid? No offense intended, but that was kind of dumb.

 

I hope it arrives, but seriously man, if it doesn't, you're SOL and you just lost more than $200.

[bok_slash]

15 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

You sent a GTX 1070 in the mail without tracking? Are you fucking stupid? No offense intended, but that was kind of dumb.

 

I hope it arrives, but seriously man, if it doesn't, you're SOL and you just lost more than $200.

I don't see anywhere where you answer the question i asked, all i see is you calling me stupid and dumb....

 

If you don't have an answer to my question i would kindly ask you to get the fuck out of here..

 

Regarding the card, it has no value for me, it was a card i found in a dumpster at work (along with 3 other gfx cards and a motherboard with an i7-7700k all working) So if it gets lost on the way its rly not that big of an issue, sure i would rather see my friend geting use of it...

[Princess Luna]

On 4/16/2019 at 11:15 AM, givingtnt said:

he will pay nothing. 

This is very inaccurate, while there' a chance to slip through if Customs does check it he will have to pay importation fees based on retail price.

[Yoinkerman]

Usually they'll have to pay tax on the value of it and possibly a customs fee.

 

So like 10% +$15

 

Ish.  Don't quote me on it

[givingtnt]

1 hour ago, Princess Luna said:

This is very inaccurate, while there' a chance to slip through if Customs does check it he will have to pay importation fees based on retail price.

Of all things I have bought / imported through the US and other countries, I have yet to pay customs import taxes, weather it be electronics, car parts or other stuff.

[dalekphalm]

4 hours ago, bok_slash said:

I don't see anywhere where you answer the question i asked, all i see is you calling me stupid and dumb....

 

If you don't have an answer to my question i would kindly ask you to get the fuck out of here..

 

Regarding the card, it has no value for me, it was a card i found in a dumpster at work (along with 3 other gfx cards and a motherboard with an i7-7700k all working) So if it gets lost on the way its rly not that big of an issue, sure i would rather see my friend geting use of it...

In terms of how long customs can take, it depends on multiple factors. Is it heading into, or out of Canada? If out of, then typically customs is incredibly quick, and the destination customs will be the delayer.

 

In terms of heading into customs, it can often take days, a week. Usually not longer than a week, unless it's raising red flags (eg: coming from a country with known smuggling issues, obvious mislabeling, stated values that don't match what's inside the box, etc).

 

There's no magic number I can give you. In theory it could take weeks (but if so, it's likely because something went wrong). Most of the time, it takes a day or three.

 

I get that the card has no value to you - but what about your friend that you're sending it to? I'd definitely be disappointed if I was promised a GTX 1070, and then it never arrived due to no tracking or no insurance. I'd understand, of course, because a gift is not something you're entitled to of course.

 

But, even if you don't value it, it still has value. You could easily sell a working GTX 1070 on eBay or Kijiji for $300 no problem. More if you're willing to wait. So, the item has value, regardless.

 

If you sent it overseas or internationally as a "letter" (don't know how Canada Post wouldn't handle that, since lettermail wouldn't accept a package large enough for a GPU to fit inside), and your post office promised you it would take 4-6 days, they lied. Non-tracked international mail to Canada can often take 4-6 weeks or even longer.

[bok_slash]

Just give you an update The package has finally arrived, with no toll or anything Again thanks for the help you guys have been giving

[Ben17]

On 5/30/2019 at 12:10 AM, bok_slash said:

Just give you an update

glad it arrived safely ☺