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Originally Posted by Reikorikku
Hi Todd,
I made my first order recently for the Queen Studios Black Widow 1/4 statue. I reside in Canada. What can I expect in terms of shipping and duty costs? (In terms of a potential range? I know shipping costs have increased).
Thanks.
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Try to get them to not UPS to ship to Canada. They charge additional fees of the value of the content that has nothing to do with taxes.
For a value of $250 USD, I was charged $96 CAD. If they had declared at full value, i would be paying close to $200 CAD ($150 USD) in fees and taxes. If they had use another courier service, your taxes and fees would be 40-50% less. UPS for international orders is a scam because they charge more then handling VAT/Rod fees.
If you have a FedEx account, those Vat fees are waived and you only pay taxes. Make sure you ship to a business. Tax code is different and you pay less with FedEx and DHL. Even within USPS, you only pay $10.50 CAD in handling charges through CanadaPost. With DHL, it’s $17.50 CAD
I’m actually a little annoyed by Todd by requesting not to use UPS and use another courier service. Didn’t get a respond back from him or Devin at all because I’m interested in the Wonder Woman Queens statue.