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Old 10-29-2004, 09:57 PM
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Originally posted by hdave:
where is the closest location to Toronto that i can have it shipped to within the states.

and when i bring it across the border, how much can i expect to pay them there?
Buffalo is probably the closest. You can expect to pay around 5-8% for duty if it was manufactured outside of North America. Then add another 15% on anything over $50, unless you go for 48 hrs or longer, in which case you can sub in $200 or $750 for the anything over $50 value. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Old 10-30-2004, 03:21 AM
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Originally posted by pinhead:
buy canadian and support yourself

why do we give all our money to the americans

were the most unpatriotic country going

what do the americans do for us

oh i forgot shut the door on our beef lumber and now pork

so ya give them your money too they need it to fight the war
What does car audio have anything to do with war?


Everything pretty much comes from the US. A lot of car audio brands are American companies anyway, so if you're buying things local you're still indirectly buying from Americans.

It's just silly not to buy "American" when we support American products all the time without even knowing it.
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"unless you go for 48 hrs or longer, in which case you can sub in $200 or $750 for the anything over $50 value."


so its best i stay there for less than 48 hours?
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Oh and my grandfather is flying from the states back to Canada on Nov 13. could i possibly tell him to buy it and jsut stick it in his bag and bring it here or not?
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Originally posted by hdave:
"unless you go for 48 hrs or longer, in which case you can sub in $200 or $750 for the anything over $50 value."


so its best i stay there for less than 48 hours?
Well your tax free limit is only $50 if you are there fore under 48 hrs, $200 if between 48 hr and 7 days, and $700 for any longer than a week.
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Originally posted by hdave:
Oh and my grandfather is flying from the states back to Canada on Nov 13. could i possibly tell him to buy it and jsut stick it in his bag and bring it here or not?
Is your grandfather a US citizen or a Canadian citizen. If he is a Canadian citizen living in the US then he has been there longer than 7 days and can bring you $700 worth of goods tax free.
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hes a indian citizen and been there well over 7 days.

he is pretty stupid though so would they give him any trouble bringing it here or not?
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Originally posted by hdave:
hes a indian citizen and been there well over 7 days.

he is pretty stupid though so would they give him any trouble bringing it here or not?
lol That's not a very nice way to talk about your grandfather.

To be honest I have no idea the way it would work in this situation.
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Old 10-30-2004, 11:26 AM
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kool i have friends that are investment bankers and you know what they see it the same way i do
support your own first
if you don't agree thats fine
people like you are the reason we pay higer taxes
the revinue is not spent here so there are less job supported thus more on welfare
and so on
if we supposted our own country we would be doing better
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[quote]Originally posted by mxyx:
Everything pretty much comes from the US. A lot of car audio brands are American companies anyway, so if you're buying things local you're still indirectly buying from Americans.
sorry to break it to you bud but the majority of car audio is japanese
where do you get your stats
i get mine from industy magasines
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