knife making supplies

they wanted about twice the price of harbor freight for the same junk: continuity tester, their price 3.95, hf $1.98 mech. stetescope $7.95, hf $2.59 timing light $59 , hf $29 dont know about prices for knife making, but it they are consistent with the other stuff you will be taken for a ride........

Big time! The one time I used them they charged a $35 brokerage fee on a $25 order which was a small package of 10 carbide inserts. FedEx is better but best of all is if your supplier will ship USPS.

Ted

This used to be true, but recently Canada Post has subcontracted with Purolator to handle cross border parcels with the result that the recipient now pays at least $5.00 + GST even if no taxes or duties are owing. There doesn't seem to be any way to get out of it. Our dictators don't want us to buy anything coming from outside the country.

The $5 fee has been around for quite a while. but its still better than getting hit with the brokerage charges. When I ordered Rhinoceros 1.0 cad software I got hit for over $90, back in 97 or 98.

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Can't someone you know in the US, just get want you want, box it up and send it to you as a gift?

The governments (all of them) want the tax on the *value*, not what you say you paid. Usually if it's an arm's length transaction they take the selling price as the value. In practice, for something small, it would probably just go through (better it has a reasonable and small value on it rather than "gift").

It's not so much the sales tax, but the cost of having someone else fill out the paperwork and arranging to pay the tax on arrival that causes problems. Some big US companies are arranging to collect (and remit) GST on books and other taxes on other products to avoid this issue. For example, Barnes and Noble (books) and Digikey (electronic parts). After all, they have all the information so filling out the forms (perhaps in bulk, once per day) can be automated so it adds little cost to their operation if they get sufficient regular business. I suspect Digikey is paying for 50 or 100 employees in Minnesota with their Canadian business, so it's not peanuts. Of course they've taken that business away from local outlets.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

These guys are a Canadian outfit. Prices are in Canadian pesos, and us Canucks don't have to deal with customs to buy from them.

Cheers Trevor Jones

Isn't it nice of them to charge us only $5 for the privlege of paying the GST?

Mind, it is better than the $35 minimum charged by Brown - at least it was $35 a few years ago. It could be higher now.

Ted

Wasn't I surprised when my DigiKey catalog arrived and at the bottom of the pages it said "All prices in Canadian dollars". Also their handling and minimum shipping charges appear to be just the U.S. ones adjusted for exchange. Nice.

Travers Tool are also shipping within Canada and KBC have branches here.

Ted