Posted by Mel on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 6:25PM :
In Reply to: Yahooooooo my papers have cleared posted by Bruce on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 4:59PM :
Great news Bruce! Nice to hear that after so many stumbling blocks it's finally going to happen. One thing I learned yesterday from Canada Customs is that they insist on collecting GST on any shipping as well as the purchase price. That's pretty much tipped the scales in favor of picking up the truck in Casper myself, just on principle. You're not taxed if you go pick it up yourself, but use a shipper and you pay. The odd thing was that he told me if I had bought the truck in Europe and shipped it through the US to western Canada, that tax was only payable on that portion of the shipping once it landed in North America. Where do they come up with crap like this? Maybe if Paul Martin owned a trucking company instead of ships it would be different, who knows? Hope you take lots of pictures to post Bruce, and Merry Christmas.