[78-L] 1922 customs decision etc. ^

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> promo copies 
>> (which
>> raised another problem, that of getting them..like other companies..to put 
>> a
>> nominal value on the package, since Canada Post otherwise regarded them as
>> merchandise to be taxed at full value, sometimes even covering over the 
>> green
>> customs sticker).
>>
> Trick is this! Have the sender specifically mark the CD('s) as "Promotional
> Material"...which is duty-free!!
> 
> Problem isn't only the duty...but also Ontario charges PSTand GST
> on the contents of the parcel...!
> 
> ...stevenc 

Problem was also Canada Post at that time..there were a couple of instances of 
over-eager minions destroying, ignoring or covering the original custom 
stickers and sending the packages by my friendly mailman, who'd want to collect 
fees. I'd send the parcel back, it would come back to me, I'd refuse it again. 
Another time, Norbeck Peters & Ford shipped me some records to transfer, which 
had been purchased by Biddulph for me to transfer, and the value of $20 CDN had 
been clearly marked on the form. Someone had decided that these records were in 
fact worth $200 and expected me to pony up. In this instance I paid the 
appropriate fee rather than have them shipped back and broken in the process, 
eventually filled out the proper protest form (which they make as difficult to 
deal with as possible, similar to trying to fight a traffic ticket in Toronto, 
so that you eventually give up). There's a reason for my keeping a mailbox in 
the US.

dl