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This is the first time that I have ordered motorcycle parts from the U.S. I bought these parts through Cheap Cycle Parts.com. I received the parts within days, no problems, good service, smooth transaction.
One order was sent through the mail, value of $56.00 U.S. dollars. The other order was sent through U.P.S. (United Parcel Service), value of $405.00 U.S. dollars. I have no idea why they were shipped through two different carriers . Both parcels arrived on the same day.
U.P.S. charged me a $60.00 brokerage fee and $60.00 G.S.T. (goods and services tax here in Canada.)
For those of you not living in Canada, if I had purchased the parts through Honda in Canada, I would have paid G.S.T. also, just one of our taxes. The parts are more expensive here through Honda Canada.
My brother tells me that he orders parts all the time from the U.S. and receives them through the mail, U.P.S., or FedEx. He has never paid a brokerage fee or G.S.T.
So what’s going on here, does anyone have any idea? Has this happened to anyone else? Are charges applied to purchases over a certain dollar amount?
Feedback please! :?
This is the first time that I have ordered motorcycle parts from the U.S. I bought these parts through Cheap Cycle Parts.com. I received the parts within days, no problems, good service, smooth transaction.
One order was sent through the mail, value of $56.00 U.S. dollars. The other order was sent through U.P.S. (United Parcel Service), value of $405.00 U.S. dollars. I have no idea why they were shipped through two different carriers . Both parcels arrived on the same day.
U.P.S. charged me a $60.00 brokerage fee and $60.00 G.S.T. (goods and services tax here in Canada.)
For those of you not living in Canada, if I had purchased the parts through Honda in Canada, I would have paid G.S.T. also, just one of our taxes. The parts are more expensive here through Honda Canada.
My brother tells me that he orders parts all the time from the U.S. and receives them through the mail, U.P.S., or FedEx. He has never paid a brokerage fee or G.S.T.
So what’s going on here, does anyone have any idea? Has this happened to anyone else? Are charges applied to purchases over a certain dollar amount?
Feedback please! :?