<div dir="ltr">Thanks for all of your feed-back .. for whatever reason, Best Buy suddenly had the printer that I wanted on sale, at a $60 discount, making it much more attractive to buy new locally. I much prefer that than to risk buying something through kijiji (ugh) or making a shopping trip to the U.S.A. I've ordered the printer and it's due to arrive via Canada Post this week.<div>
<br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 4:31 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arocker@vex.net" target="_blank">arocker@vex.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> If I buy something from the U.S., am I liable for duty? I'm not in the<br>
> habit of buying used stuff through the Internet, so I don't know what to<br>
> expect.<br>
><br>
</div>As Olaf and Liam have pointed out, yes you are.<br>
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It's often worth checking categories of duties, because some items might<br>
fall into more than one category. In that case, finding the cheapest<br>
designation that can be justified with reasonable creativity, and making<br>
sure that the shipper quotes it on the description, can be worth while.<br>
(Otherwise you're at the discretion of the Customs creature, and guess how<br>
that'll swing.)<br>
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There's also a matter of getting things serviced or warrantied. Some firms<br>
consider cross-border buying "grey-market" or worse<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Alex Beamish<br>Toronto, Ontario<br><br></div>
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