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Re: [elektron] canadian import duties etc when ordering from elektron

2006-04-10 by infrequency_recordings

true dat. some companies are quite good at marking the value at the manufacturer parts 
cost, which helps quite a bit on the import side.

thanks for the reply.
j/


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, not known <spectralab1@...> wrote:
>
> 
> hi,
> 
> quite a while back when I ordered my Machinedrum, I
> paid $367.00 CAD to customs upon delivery. I wish
> Elektron would mark down the value, though I also
> understand why they can't. so it goes, I guess...
> 
> I guess if our country actually produced some
> electronic gear that was worth buying (besides Modcan
> that is), then we wouldn't have to pay through the
> nose to import it from elsewhere.
> 
> --- infrequency_recordings
> <infrequency_recordings@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> hey there,
> 
> to the canadians out there who ordered direct from
> elektron, what sort of import duties/
> taxes did you get hit with? i see that import duties
> are included in the price for us customers, 
> but i assume this isn't the case for canada as well.
> 
> thx
> j.
> 
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