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03-27-2009, 01:57 PM
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| better to purchase alch. @ canadian duty free or American?
im heading down to seattle for a couple of nites, is it better to purchase alch. and other stuff down here or in US (candian or american duty free). (considering the exchange rate and stuff).
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03-27-2009, 01:59 PM
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#2 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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alcohol gets taxed up the ass. Just get it from duty free
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03-27-2009, 01:59 PM
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it doesn't matter at duty free same prices. Just buy it down there you shoudl get better deals.
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03-27-2009, 03:58 PM
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get it from the canadaian duty free on your way down there and pick up a few bottles from the american duty free on your way back. you cant buy stuff from the american duty free and stay in america. at least i dont think so.
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03-27-2009, 05:48 PM
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#5 | | The RS Freebie guru
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If you're going to be gone for 48 hours, you can bring back $400 worth of goods, including:
Only ONE of the following items can be imported both duty-free and tax-free:
1.5 litres (53 imperial ounces) of wine;
1.14 litres (40 ounces) of liquor;
a total of 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of wine and liquor; or
24 x 355 millilitre (12 ounce) cans or bottles (maximum of 8.5 litres) of beer or ale.
It would be WAY cheaper to buy the alcohol down in the States, but of course only buy the allowed amount.
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03-27-2009, 08:36 PM
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#6 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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how much do u get taxed if u go for less than 48 hours?
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03-27-2009, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing  how much do u get taxed if u go for less than 48 hours? | Most likely nil.
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03-27-2009, 08:48 PM
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#8 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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no i mean if u buy alcohol
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03-27-2009, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing no i mean if u buy alcohol | Standard rate?
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03-27-2009, 11:44 PM
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#10 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Why bother replying when you don't know the answer? 
Refer to this document to determine how much duty is assessed for types of items... http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-com...-01-99-eng.pdf
Hmm, that's weird... it seems like the duty ranges from free to like 30¢/L depending on the type of alcohol... I thought it was way higher than that...
But you would be charged GST and PST on the purchase price though...
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03-28-2009, 06:10 AM
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#11 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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I misread his first post and felt like I should atleast try to give him a right answer.
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03-28-2009, 06:55 AM
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#12 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by tool001 im heading down to seattle for a couple of nites, is it better to purchase alch. and other stuff down here or in US (candian or american duty free). (considering the exchange rate and stuff).
cheers | Stop by the Canadian duty free on the way down to Seattle and pickup some booze to drink while you are there. When u get there hit up a liquor store if u are looking for something special to bring back to Vancouver, if not then just hit up the US duty free on the way back home, it's pretty damn cheap.
Remember that you can only bring back 1.14L of liquor per head. You can pool that together with your other travellers and even break it down into various bottles (ie. 1x 750, 1x 350). Make sure you are staying 48 hours in the US or you will get taxed up the ass. One time I forgot that I was only away for 24 hours and I brought back an $80 bottle of wine, the duty and taxes (yes u will pay both) came to over $50. It wasn't a big bottle either, just a 750ml. Speaking of big bottles, last time I was in NYC I picked up a 1.75L bottle of Grey Goose from a store for $80... Good deal right? Hell yeah! A 750ml goes for $50 in Vancouver... Well when I was leaving NYC at the duty free in JFK they had the same bottle for only $55!!!!
Anyways good luck on the liquor hunting bro, in downtown Seattle near the domes there is a Costco. Unfortunately the Costcos in WA only sell beer and wine but across from that location there is a huge liquor warehouse. Check it out.
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03-28-2009, 11:36 AM
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#13 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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i picked up 2 1L bottles of goose from the us duty free on my way back into canada for only $32 each. if you take canadian cash with you the duty free will give you an exchange rate of $.85 us per canadian dollar.
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