$80 item cost me $13 - broker fee, taxes, duties all included.

math does not add up to what cbsa agent said it would just on taxes and duties.

I just ordered something from eBay, and the seller is shipping it from the US via DHL :P. It's less than 15 USD (19 CAD) total. I can't wait to see what they do with the brokerage. :P

fucking UPS.... i keep saying i'll never want to see their fucking richmond(the only) pickup location ever again and every fucking time i buy something that ships through ups only i see myself there again.... fuckers.

I just refuse to deal with them. Very few things ordered online would be essential enough to justify dealing with those crooks.

Brokerage dumbassery isn't limited to UPS or DHL. I got this gem via Canada Post. Label says the item was $35. The bill I got said $161.49. I have no idea where they got this number from. I had to pay it to release the package and then go complain for a refund. Still ended up having to pay the GST and PST on my $35 item as well as the handling fee. I would have thought something of this would have normally passed through without any taxes charged to it.

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Haha the value for duty amount should be the Canadian amount of the value of your item (your $35 USD converted to CAD based on their currency exchange rate). GST is 5% and the other taxes depend on the province that the item entered into Canada. Hope you gave them a good shout.