Microbes
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posted on October 1, 2000 10:15:34 AM
First, so I don't get bashed... I have many great Canadian Buyers, and have never even considered not selling internationaly.
Couple of questions, tho':
1. Why do 1/2 of the Canadian Bidders want the customs forms made out for $20.00?
(Yeah, I know they save some $s that way, but what little they save on a $35.00 sale isn't enough for the both of us to risk getting into trouble over. I don't want the US Customs people on ME!)
2. What's up with checks on Canadian Banks in US dollars. I take them (reluctantly), but these things take FOREVER to clear.
3. Not an eBay Question, but what's up with snowbirds coming to Florida with their pockets stuffed with Canadian Quarters? My bank doesn't want these things, and when the guy at the jiffy store gives me one in change, I don't want it either! Leave all the pocket change at home when you come to Disney Land!
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jozi
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posted on October 1, 2000 10:24:27 AM
Since we're "what's up-ping", for comparison's sake...
1-What's up with some of my American buyers trying to pay me for their purchase in US postage stamps? I don't want em! They're useless in Canada!
2-What's up with some of my American buyers trying to pay me for their purchase with US coins? I like US money but don't get any exchange on US coins in Canada. For every US quarter I receive, I've lost 10 cents!
3-What's up with half my American buyers trying to pay me with a US Postal Money Order that says right on it that it is not cashable outside of the US?
4-And not eBay related... but what's up with US tourists coming to vacation in my province in July, with skis strapped to their roof rack? For goodness sake! I live right beside the state of Maine! Not the Alps!
Whew! That feels better!! 
Jozi
[ edited by jozi on Oct 1, 2000 10:27 AM ]
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Microbes
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posted on October 1, 2000 10:37:06 AM
LOL Jozi.
Well said. Our Post offices sell Pink International Money Orders same as your's do. (I know, I bought one the other day.)
I wouldn't want Canadian coins or stamps as payment, and understand (hard to believe anyone would do this, but I've seen it all on ebay).
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reddeer
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posted on October 1, 2000 11:22:09 AM
And not eBay related .... But what's up with Americans shooting my Cows thinking they just bagged a Bull Moose!
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cdnbooks
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posted on October 1, 2000 01:47:18 PM
Microbes
While I personally don't ask to have customs forms marked $20, it does make a difference.
At $20 there is no tax.
At $35, in my province, there it a total for tax and handling of $10.25; a charge of nearly 30%.
Doesn't make it right, but it does answer 'why?'.
Bill
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equestrian
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posted on October 1, 2000 01:59:03 PM
I've recently been charged on parcels marked at under $20. I just paid $8.37 on a parcel marked value of $15. They converted it to CAD and charged the tax and the $5 service fee. It seems like the $20 rule has gone by the wayside.
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td2
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posted on October 1, 2000 02:17:07 PM
Regarding the question about U.S. postage stamps being sent to Canadian sellers, I regularly tell my U.S. customers they may send U.S. stamps for coinage. Since I have regular correspondence with companies in the U.S. that require sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply, I require U.S. postage to do so. Maybe that will clarify why some Canadians will accept U.S. postage.
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AnonymousCoward
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posted on October 1, 2000 05:06:29 PM
equestrian
I believe the rule is for CAD, $20 CAD is approx. $13.30 USD. This why you got taxed at $15 USD.
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reddeer
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posted on October 1, 2000 05:16:23 PM
correct, & any *gifts* that are over $60 Canadian
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cdnbooks
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posted on October 1, 2000 05:38:45 PM
...back to those cows in the barn....can't watch 'em too carefully....
Bill
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ShellyHerr
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posted on October 1, 2000 06:48:45 PM
Shooting cows, skis strapped to thier cars, US POSTAGE STAMPS? Damn Yankees! 
Well I sold something to a Canadian, and he didn't add enough to the Int'l M.O. so he sent me a Canadian 'twosy' <sp?>
Ok whats up with that?! I still have it, after 2 1/2 years. Whats it worth?
http://6thplace.com
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macandjan
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posted on October 1, 2000 07:38:56 PM
The banks in the Detroit area give you Canadian quarters all the time in rolls but throw a fit if you try to give one back!
used to be a lot of machines would take 'em but no more. I use them anytime I need Nickel for the metal.
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fritzdick
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posted on October 1, 2000 07:54:39 PM
OK ShellyHerr, if by towesy you mean a "loony" (Canadian $2), then it is worth twice the going rate for one US dollar. My guess is that a towsey or looney is worth about $1.35. LOL
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eastwest
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posted on October 1, 2000 08:55:29 PM
What i get ticked off about ...is when i get emailed 4 days after they have sent a paypal asking why they have not gotten there product yet...Hello we are from another country.....takes a couple days more ....the money order thing really bothers me as well...it states right on the money order that it is only cashable in the US...I had one lady who told me the post office did not have international money orders....THEY DO...I think she did not want to pay more for international. when she found out they cost more then regular money orders...good thing my nick name on ebay is canada-kicks-butt
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kurzon
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posted on October 1, 2000 09:10:21 PM
Actually fritzdick, by 'looney' i think you mean 'tooney' for $2-coin. A 'looney' is a 1-dollar coin.
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soldbyj
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posted on October 1, 2000 09:12:12 PM
concerning International money orders. The post office in my town, when l asked to buy one, told me "go to the post office" True story. What they meant was that I had to drive 10 miles to a city, and go to that Post Office. I live in a small town in Ohio pop 6,000. So maybe the person was telling the truth, my local post office does not have/carry International M.O. They say they don't get enough calls for them.
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Capriole
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posted on October 1, 2000 09:22:01 PM
I want to know why the Canadians have better Olympics Coverage?
I am SERIOUS!
Capriole
(yeah I know off topic but I'm about to send that nbc dwarf out the window!)
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eastwest
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posted on October 1, 2000 09:27:05 PM
listen i understand living in a small twon is tough.....i live in one two but there are more then one place to skin a fish...WALMART 711..DRUG STORE...POST OFFICE...AND WESTERN UNION.. that just a few i can think of off the top of my head and i have never sent a money order or an international money order before..thats what bugs me about some people on ebay ..they look once ...then that it ..email you and you have to ask them did you call..this ?? this ?? this ?? .They reply no duhhhh!!!! Do you think maybe you could see if they have international money orders...Or how about this. look at the auctions listing...think am i able to get an international money order in this small village or hamlet!!!!!If not do not bid...do not leave it to the end ...then say sorry i can only send you an money order...to me that is the same as saying sorry , you say you do not take checks but guess what. i did not read that ...i am going to send you a check!!!!!
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eastwest
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posted on October 1, 2000 09:30:09 PM
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I want to know why the Canadians have better Olympics Coverage?
Cause CANADA KICKS BUTT
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redpenner
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posted on October 1, 2000 09:40:10 PM
I tried to send an "International Postal Money Order" to Canada from my medium-small town in Oklahoma. I told the postal clerk that I wanted to send a money order worth $25 CDN; I can't remember what that converted to, but let's say it was $20. With the fee, it still would have been less than $25 US.
The postal clerk INSISTED that I had to pay $25 US plus the fee to obtain a $25 CDN money order. I tried to explain the concept of exchange rates to him but he was punching codes into his US Postal Service computer and insisted it was telling him he was supposed to charge me $25 US plus the fee for a CDN funds MO.
I gave up. Sent a regular grocery store MO in US funds and they cashed it just fine at the other end.
I'm Canadian, and when I moved down here I brought a bunch of "loonies" and "toonies" to give away as souvenirs. My little nieces love them...they think they're getting something valuable!!!
[ edited by redpenner on Oct 1, 2000 09:43 PM ]
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cdnbooks
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posted on October 2, 2000 12:41:26 AM
Can't tell you why but the Canadian TV coverage of the Olymics was truly amazing. Lots of hours, quality announcers and that fabulous studio location.
CBC gets a gold even if so few of our athletes did.
Bill
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Microbes
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posted on October 2, 2000 08:13:42 AM
cdnbooks:
>At $35, in my province, there it a total for tax and handling of $10.25; a charge of nearly 30%.
Yeah, I understand, but I don't want US customs breathing down my neck to save someone ten bucks.
Don't get me started about NAFTA
macandjan:
>The banks in the Detroit area give you Canadian quarters all the time in rolls but throw a fit if you try to give one back!
The Same in Florida, and we're a LONG ways from Canada (but we see lots of Canadian Plates on cars in the winter )
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