Marvel Legends discussion

[Lord Scareglow]

Yeah Walmart is not one to place much faith in, I ordered a bunch of Black Series back in June and they have all been released, but I have not seen a single drop of movement, and the figures estimated delivery date was August, pretty sure I'm never getting the figures.
they also this year stated some figures were in stock, so I ordered them they took 2 months to ship them to me, but the website continued to say they were in stock.

I'd say avoid pre-ordering from Walmart, they will just mess up. I'd say try to avoid using them at all.

[CristianAngel]

Originally Posted by Zeroflamez

Yea they do. Shipping isn't too expensive and I paid no duties. It just took me 2 months to get it which is the only downside

The border duties is certain>? I mean If I order from them I dont hae to pay those fees?

[Zeroflamez]

Originally Posted by CristianAngel

The border duties is certain>? I mean If I order from them I dont hae to pay those fees?

There's always a chance you could get knicked with duties but it's not likely if what you're buying is under $200. In my experience with importing from the states and Japan the past 10 + years, out of like 80-100 orders I've placed, only 3 were hit with duties.

As long as the website your ordering from does not make you pay duties ahead of time, and you're spending less than $200 before shipping you should be fine. However make sure if you can that it's being sent by the country's national postal service, for example USPS, Japan post, etc so that it gets forwarded to Canada post where you have the highest chance of not getting duties. If you go through 3rd party like FedEx or DHL you will pay duties plus their custom broker fees 100% of the time.

If you have any more questions just ask. Dorkside doesn't ask for duties ahead of time. BTW, they use USPS that then forwards to Canada post, so you'll be OK on the duties end.

[sixshot1981]

Let's be clear as there is a difference if you were to pay anything on an order as there's always a risk you will almost every single time pay taxes only on the value of the shipment. Duties are a different thing and typically aren't charged on toys unless they fall under specific categories.

If the toys have electronics they can be subjected to a average duty rate of 8.5% but it can range from 0-35%. Those may have changed but that's the numbers I recall.

There of course also fees if they open the package or Canada Post has to collect the fees on behalf of the CBSA. And most importantly if you get brokerage fees via UPS or FedEx for example and don't feel like paying them and live near a CBSA office you can get the carrier to hold the package get the paperwork from them, take it to the CBSA and pay the taxes owing and then go pickup the package from where it's being held to avoid those brokerage fees.

A few options available to you. But duties and taxes are two very different things but both can be applied to a shipment.

[Zeroflamez]

Originally Posted by sixshot1981

Let's be clear as there is a difference if you were to pay anything on an order as there's always a risk you will almost every single time pay taxes only on the value of the shipment. Duties are a different thing and typically aren't charged on toys unless they fall under specific categories.

If the toys have electronics they can be subjected to a average duty rate of 8.5% but it can range from 0-35%. Those may have changed but that's the numbers I recall.

There of course also fees if they open the package or Canada Post has to collect the fees on behalf of the CBSA. And most importantly if you get brokerage fees via UPS or FedEx for example and don't feel like paying them and live near a CBSA office you can get the carrier to hold the package get the paperwork from them, take it to the CBSA and pay the taxes owing and then go pickup the package from where it's being held to avoid those brokerage fees.

A few options available to you. But duties and taxes are two very different things but both can be applied to a shipment.

With the high volume of packages the CBSA has to sort through everyday, even more so with covid. Most times it isn't even worth them going through the trouble of hitting lower valued goods with duties/tax. They are more concerned about the high valued parcels and big shipments more than anything else. The only times I've ever really had to pay duty or tax on anything was if my order was shipped through FedEx or DHL. If it was sent through regular postal services 98% of the time it just slipped under the radar and I paid no additional fees. What you said about there being the risk of paying taxes almost every single time on an import order just isn't true at all.

[DanM]

Well there is a risk. Even it's 0.0001% there's still a risk. It's just very highly unlikely.
I would post a Dumb and Dumber meme here if I wasn't drunk. It would have Lloyd (Jim Carrey's character) and it would say "SO YOU"RE SAYING THERE"S A CHANCE" and everyone would laugh and go about their business.

[sixshot1981]

Originally Posted by Zeroflamez

With the high volume of packages the CBSA has to sort through everyday, even more so with covid. Most times it isn't even worth them going through the trouble of hitting lower valued goods with duties/tax. They are more concerned about the high valued parcels and big shipments more than anything else. The only times I've ever really had to pay duty or tax on anything was if my order was shipped through FedEx or DHL. If it was sent through regular postal services 98% of the time it just slipped under the radar and I paid no additional fees. What you said about there being the risk of paying taxes almost every single time on an import order just isn't true at all.

While the risk is low there's always a risk. One of the most common ways was if the paperwork was wonky, sometimes when I worked in Customs at FedEx when the CBSA would arrive to inspect packages or review paperwork they'd stand on the line as we unloaded packages and just say this one that one and those over there. We also would get a list uploaded everyday of packages to pull for inspection and we'd have to search the racks of held boxes. Heck one of the random packages they pulled randomly one day that said something random had a hand gun in it.

So you are correct the chances are low but it can happen. In fact I have a package from NECA coming this week via Canada Post with a $28 tax hit. It's under $150 value.

[philtastic]

Saw the TRU exclusive What If? Stealth Captain Carter today at Decarie and Carrefour Laval locations today. There were 3 or 4 at each location.

(Cross-posted from Marvel Legends Quebec sightings thread.)

[Ksteel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVl8LJQGVE

[Webs]

Originally Posted by Ksteel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVl8LJQGVE

Where's Toad?