02-27-2021, 12:27 PM
(02-26-2021, 01:28 PM)theD0ctor Wrote: For anyone's reference, the phone was shipping to Canada. Received today. The duty / import fees I ended up having to pay was $30 CAD. $12 or so was tax, the rest was processing fees. Considering the phone here was $291 CAD with shipping (tax not included)
(02-26-2021, 04:41 PM)FutureBucket Wrote: Canadian here too, I also got mine today. DHL wanted to charge me $51.84 for the $199.99 USD Convergence Package. I self cleared and paid CBSA $26.00 directly.
So it looks like I got swindled. I got an email this week from DHL that was charging me $55.43CAD and I paid it. About $38 were for GST and another tax, the rest were fees. I'm in Quebec (no mention of PST). KDE Plasma Mobile convergence package purchased during CNY.
I wasn't even aware you could self clear a package. I don't remember seeing any link about this in the DHL page.
Ah well. Back in July for my UBports CE Pinephone, I got gouged even worse. I made the mistake of having my package shipped to my employer (a mfg. company). My employer's customs broker intercepted it and charged my employer $80 for it!!! Which I reimbursed my employer of course. That was extremely steep for a $150USD phone.