Date:         Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:19:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@pangea.ca>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@pangea.ca>
Subject:      Re: Buying tires from Canada...
Comments: To: Alain Pierre Hovasse <aphovasse@home.com>
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The Province of Alberta (North of Montana) has no Provincial Sales Tax
(PST) - and products purchased for export can have the GST (7%) refunded at
the border, or don't get it charged at all, if I am not mistaken.

This can get tricky sometimes.

Marshall Ruskin
Winnipeg, Canada


>Well, I think in this case you could save some money: My four new Yokohama
>Y370's just cost me CDN$ 419 installed, including various sales tax here in
>Toronto. You'll pay less in other provinces without the &%^$ provincial
>sales tax.
>
>
>on 6/19/00 9:03 AM, Anthony L. Mourkas at frankenstein@telplus.net wrote:
>
>>> Just a thought, but with the current exchange rates so favorable to us
>>> here in the States, would there be any advantage to purchasing a set of
>>> tires from, say, Canadian Tire or Sears in Canada?
>>>
>>> Would I be subject to duty or some sort of tax? At US$1 = CN$1.50,  a
>>> $400 set of Michelin MXT's or Yokohama Y-370's would only set me back
>>> about $270.
>>
>>> Am I missing something?
>>
>> Granted the exchange rate is favorable, however, you are assuming that
>> the set of tires that sells in the USA for $400 US dollars would sell in
>> Canada for $400 Canadian dollars.  This is most likely not the case.
>>
>> In my summer travels to Canada the past few years I have often found
>> Canadian prices to be higher in "dollar" terms than those in the US.  IE:
>> that soft drink that costs $1.00 US in a vending machine in Maine may
>> require $1.50 in Canadian coins in Quebec.  Or, that seafood dinner that
>> costs $12.95 in Maine might cost $19.95 in New Brunswick.
>>
>> I suspect that tire pricing would be similar.  Wouldn't hurt to
>> investigate though.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Anthony L. Mourkas
>> Hampden, Maine, USA   ......and planning at least three trips to Canada
>> this year!
>> 1984 Vanagon Westfalia
>> 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro
>> 1991 Jetta Eco Diesel
>