Ordering from Amazon.COM (USA)

[Evan Leibovitch]

Salman Ahmed wrote:
> Recently, someone on this list (I forget who that was) mentioned
> Amazon.COM having better prices than Amazon.CA. I checked last night
> for a few books that I am planning on getting and not only were the
> prices better but a couple of those books are not available new through
> Amazon.CA.
> 
> So, to the OP or whom ever else has had experience ordering from
> Amazon.COM: are taxes charged on books ordered through Amazon.COM? Any
> other charges besides shipping & handling?

That might have been me. It was convenient in that I am visiting family
in the US next week and simply instructed amazon.com to ship my books
there. Having said that, I did note that amazon.com did list shipping
prices to Canada (and the free shipping deals don't apply to Canada.)

Books coming here from the US may be intercepted by customs; while they
will not charge duty they may require the payment of GST on the order.
(But then if you were ordering from amazon.ca you'd have to pay that
anyway.)

- Evan
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