sheamus
Silver Member
Hope this helps someone else:
I just spoke to a couple of brokerages to figure this out. It looks like the grapple is duty-free because it is made in the US. So just the payment of taxes (based on Canadian dollar value) for the province of delivery, $50 brokerage fee (taxable), $13.62 disbursement fee. EA is asking $150 shipping which seems pretty fair given the bulk/weight.
So in my case, shipping to the maritimes on a $2000USD grapple:
Canadian value (today) is $2470CAD
Taxes and brokerages fees mentioned aove will be roughly $450
Visa will add 2.5% for USD purchase: $75.
So the landed cost will be roughly $3000CAD.
oh, ****, forgot I have to add $75USD to that equation for the flat-face couplers.
The only place I have been really able to find any cheaper than that for the long-bottom style is on Ritchie Brothers (around $1500CAD plus the 10% Ritchie-Brothers tax, plus 15% HST). My understanding is that they are Chinese imports, and they didn't really have any specs on weight at all. Dealers for various other brands were all basically $3k and up. So I think the landed cost is reasonable, just need to decide if I can justify the expenditure right now.
Anyway, hope this helps someone else.
edit: came back to add that dealing with Travis at EA has been great. He has been very patient with my questions, and at this point I feel like I owe him the purchase.
I just spoke to a couple of brokerages to figure this out. It looks like the grapple is duty-free because it is made in the US. So just the payment of taxes (based on Canadian dollar value) for the province of delivery, $50 brokerage fee (taxable), $13.62 disbursement fee. EA is asking $150 shipping which seems pretty fair given the bulk/weight.
So in my case, shipping to the maritimes on a $2000USD grapple:
Canadian value (today) is $2470CAD
Taxes and brokerages fees mentioned aove will be roughly $450
Visa will add 2.5% for USD purchase: $75.
So the landed cost will be roughly $3000CAD.
oh, ****, forgot I have to add $75USD to that equation for the flat-face couplers.
The only place I have been really able to find any cheaper than that for the long-bottom style is on Ritchie Brothers (around $1500CAD plus the 10% Ritchie-Brothers tax, plus 15% HST). My understanding is that they are Chinese imports, and they didn't really have any specs on weight at all. Dealers for various other brands were all basically $3k and up. So I think the landed cost is reasonable, just need to decide if I can justify the expenditure right now.
Anyway, hope this helps someone else.
edit: came back to add that dealing with Travis at EA has been great. He has been very patient with my questions, and at this point I feel like I owe him the purchase.
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