Cues For Sale

[poolqjunkie]

My post office told me when I spend more than $10 there is no tax charged. Are you sure they charged you tax when you sent your cues?
You can become a member of Ventura One which allows you to get a little discount when you ship. It is free to join. You can get an application at your local post office.

[Terry Davidson]

pqj:

There seems to be something wrong and I'm going to have to send in a query to Canada Post. I sent a cue today and it was over $20 and I paid $2.57 in HST.

I have other receipts where HST was charged and then I have still other receipts where HST was not charged (the higher cost ones).

The guy in my little corner store post office says it is done on-line via the postal computer and he has nothing to do with it and can't help me.

Terry

[poolqjunkie]

pqj:

There seems to be something wrong and I'm going to have to send in a query to Canada Post. I sent a cue today and it was over $20 and I paid $2.57 in HST.

I have other receipts where HST was charged and then I have still other receipts where HST was not charged (the higher cost ones).

The guy in my little corner store post office says it is done on-line via the postal computer and he has nothing to do with it and can't help me.

Terry

I also have noticed that different post office may charge a different fee sometimes. It is very strange. They have a new computer system and an old one--some stores are still using the old system.
You can go to the canada post web site and print out your own postal label. They will let you know the actual charge. I suggest you join Ventura One then try to see what happens when you go on line to get a shipping rate.
Hope this helps.

[Terry Davidson]

pqj:

The other thing in play is the HST could be different between BC and ON. Our money-grubbing politicians may have set the bar at packages above $50 or something wheras in BC it sounds like it's been set at $10.

I've sent a query into Canada Post but of course god knows when they will get around to actually answering it

Terry

[Terry Davidson]

pqj:

My enquiry to Canada Post was answered by referring me to Service Canada who gave me the Canada Revenue Agency website and 1-800 number.

After searching the website for a LONG while I finally came up with the rule that applies. Called 'Source of Supply' and it says HST applies on any package shipped within or to another participating province. There is no amount involved.

So if you ship a cue overseas or to a non-participating province the HST does not apply. I think there are 5 provinces participating including BC, NS, ON, QC and NB I believe. Not sure on SK or MB.

Checking my receipts, no HST on shipments to Europe or Malaysia but the cue I shipped to Kingston, ON there was HST charged.

I also don't think Canada Post has a reliable computer system although the guy here at my local post office said he just got an update installed last month which was primarily to get the HST right.

So I'm still peed off as I have to pay HST on any incoming shipments from overseas, so it only works one way. This is why I ask whoever I get a cue from to value the package low so I don't have to pay an extra 13% on a cue valued at 300pounds or something as that would be 39pounds extra.

I think once a person is 65 they should be given the rest of their life off from paying taxes, since they have already paid around 45 years worth of them.

Terry

[poolqjunkie]

If I buy one local stamp I have to pay tax, but if I ship a parcel (like a light packet) for over $10 I dont pay tax. I have to check my receipt but I swear that is what the guy at the office told me. I usually ship overseas so may be that is why.

If I send a letter overseas I have to pay tax on the stamp, but if I ship a cue overseas, which is more expensive, I dont have to pay any tax. If I buy the stamp when paying to ship a cue at the same time, the clerk told me there was no tax on the stamp.

Speaking of receiving a cue, if you receive it via UPS, or DHL, they sometimes charge you a brokerage fee as well, on top of tax.

I remember years ago Canada Post hired another logistic company to charge brokerage on international shipments. The receipents were pretty much forced into paying this company to do the brokerage for them. I had filed many compaints about that. I think they have eventually stopped doing that but I am not sure because I dont really receive that many shipment internationally and when I do usually it is not via Canada Post.

My problem with them was I believe you should be given a choice which broker you want to use if you decide to hire someone to do it for you because different brokers charge different fees. You can also do it yourself. With Canada post before, they hired a company who just automatically charged everyone a very high brokerage fee. They were also very rude when you called them up. It was very bad.

The biggest problem is sometimes you would be forced to pay a lot of money when you should not have to. When they had the GST and PST, with commercial shipment if you had a GST number you did not have to pay PST, and you could get your GST (the GST you paid on receiving the shipment through custom) back when you filed the return. So, you could receive a very expensive shipment through custom and not pay a cent in tax even if it was declared to its full value, as long as you have a GST number, do all the bokerage yourself, and it was a commercial shipment.

[the montrealer]

pqj:

Yes, I'm going to see as I quoted $35 for Canada Post to send my Aurora 3/4 with case and extensions from just north of Toronto to Kingston, which is about a 3hr drive. That's about the closest I could come what with their fuel surcharges and our lovely new HST on everything (even bloody funerals!)

It cost me $148.62 to ship a 1pc to France by courier and $123.66 to ship just a 3/4 cue to Malaysia via Canada Post.

However, I got exactly what I paid for with the cue and case to France as it arrived less than 2 days later!

I expect with Canada Post and the long weekend the cue I post to Kingston tomorrow will likely not arrive until Tuesday or Wednesday at least!

Although when you sent me the cue it did arrive in 3 days I believe.

Jeez, now even in death a Canadian cannot escape taxes! Gotta pay for those bureaucrat's perks somehow I guess.

Terry

HI TERRY I wanted to buy a one piece cue case for my snooker cue and the price for shipping the cue was almost the same price of the cue case that i wanted to order plus then you have to pay customs fees gst pst when you receive the shipment

[sharkster63]

Good Day, Terry,
I shipped my cue's from UK to Canada after my Holliday's was scared they would be dammaged going via the Flight, I had purchased one from Chestworth Cue's and 1 belonged to me. I declared the Purchase when I checked thru customs in Toronto, the customs agent gave me a stubb saying that I was clear of all customs or tax charges. When my cues arrived the wanted 160.00 dollars Brokers fees, I told him that was rediculous and that I would not pay, he left with my cues, it took me 2 days to sort all this out, I had to go down to customs Canada downtown and they add to fax the broker (Fedex) a clearance form, shoudn't they have contacted Customs themselves prior to charging me these fee's.? The customs poeple were very familiar with this problem, I guess allot of poeple are bullied into paying with this kind of unlawfull proceedures. Next time they ask me what my cue's are worth, I will let them know that they are worth $1.00 Cdn. They can struggle to figure out there take. Lol
Cheers, Rolly C. sends

[cmccool]

It is a bit of a crap shoot when stuff comes from out of country. I buy a lot of stuff off EBay and sometimes I get dinged for taxes - other times not with no rhyme or reason as to the why. When my MW cue came in, UPS charged me $9.62 for brokerage fees - no taxes. That is one of my happy stories.

Cliff

[poolqjunkie]

It is a bit of a crap shoot when stuff comes from out of country. I buy a lot of stuff off EBay and sometimes I get dinged for taxes - other times not with no rhyme or reason as to the why. When my MW cue came in, UPS charged me $9.62 for brokerage fees - no taxes. That is one of my happy stories.

Cliff

If a cue is declared under $100 Canadian, and is not from a company to another company/person (i.e. it is not considered a commercvial good) then sometimes they do not charge you import duty but the courier will still charge you a brokerage fee for clearing your cue for you. I have never been charged brokerage fee from Canada post, but UPS always charged me that. DHL sometimes do and sometimes dont. FedEx never charged me a brokerage fee, but someone told me that is because the fee is included in the fee the sender pays.

[Terry Davidson]

OK, had a guy who wanted the H&O and was supposed to come back Friday after wasting 3 hours of my time Thursday and getting a free coaching session thrown in, then he tells me he didn't bring any money!

Of course, never showed up on Friday so the H&O is back on the market

Terry

[biberykoh]

Postage with insurance to SINGAPORE pls thanks..
crespokoh@yahoo.com.sg

[Terry Davidson]

For a 2pc cue it would be about 40pounds for 5-7 day delivery

Terry

[geordie1]

What do you think of the new Dark Horse cue. i am thinking of buying one. Would you recommend it??

[Terry Davidson]

geordie:

With any cue that's the price of a Dark Horse you are taking a chance on cue quality. Sometimes you get a decent cue for the money and sometimes not. We had a father/son pair here who bought 4 Dark Horse cues and they all came with the ferrules less than 9mm. I bought 3 or them and the ferrules were all smaller than what was advertised and I complained and they send me 3 more cues at just the cost of postage.

For the one I have here at 100 pounds + shipping, I have re-done the ferrule and put on a decent tip (the tip supplied with the cue wasn't very good) and have also refinished the shaft and butt a bit to get them smoother.

This one is very straight and has a good quality ash shaft and I can guarantee it hits very well as I've tested it out and I play fine with it and cannot detect any throw with the cue, in fact it's very accurate for long potting.

For 100 pounds either from me or directly from Dark Horse I don't think you can go far wrong especially if you put on a decent tip and the shaft wood is of good quality and the ferrule is a decent size.

Terry