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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
I know that if you buy something on Ebay, make sure the seller knows to put that it is a gift and under $50. Experienced sellers know this allready.
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This is the reason why experienced sellers hate selling to Canadians - being nagged to lie on a customs declaration form. Good sellers will sometime just do it for you but badgering someone for it backfires often. In the classic 1 bad apple situation, some Canadian buyers have given negative feedback to sellers that didn't do this... resulting in those sellers never selling to Canadians again.
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In my experience, I've had parcels opened with a less than $20 value. I think the problem was the shipper didn't complete a customs declaration form, which means that Canada Customs opens the package automatically, thereby triggering a $5 fee plus GST on value of package cost immediately.