OP,
That is horrible....The Government in the USA is looking to Tax everyone on On-Line Purchases as well.I hope they also instinstute a Breathing Panting Tax, if I get breathing challenged while push mowing my own lawn.... - due to city 'recommendations....' Whatever...I think we need to define a new word that is as similar as "Hypcrisisy" that could be applied to those situations that are a total hypcrisisy, such as shipping charges & taxes...Just a thought & an opinion...PS: I already ust Lost my favorite model paint Manufacture this month, what else can I possibly endure??????
This hits me hard. As MBKlein would take like almost 50% of my purchases, (Stuff I can't get in Australia).
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
ATLANTIC CENTRAL13% tax? I seem to recall that down here we revolted from a King over stuff like that, and to be honest maybe we should again. But I can tell you 13% would cause a revolution for sure down here.
The main reason Shops in Canada can't compete with those in the U.S. is the import duty is around 12% on Chinese made products in to Canada, while it is 3% in the U.S. This eats up most of any discount that Canadian shops can offer.
The two countries are run quite differently in many ways. It is up to the populations of each to determine the paths they choose.
With all do respect Sheldon, you seem to beat your chest on tax rates while ignoring your national debt. China does not hold the mortgage on Canada and if I have to pay more on MRR items to keep it that way, so be it.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I live close to the border and have looked at hobby shops "down south" but the prices are almost identical to those in Canada and it's in USD so for me it wasn't a deal. I know others have said items are cheaper in the states but I haven't really found that in modelling.
I have purchased through Amazon for one off and hard to find items and have a US postal box where we only pay when it's used. We are down every two weeks or so usually so we can pick our items up at our "US address" and then bring it home with us.
For those further away from the border this is not an option so the delivery and shipping issues are harder on them.
If you cannot fix it with a hammer;
You have an electrical problem!
Hello everyone! I'm not going to get into the politics of each carriers profit or expenses. The best thing to do is shop around. Some hobby retailers offer reward programs,the more you spend, the more you save! I used to be into the RC hobby( left because it's a huge never ending money pit, high maintenance hobby }. I spent a lot of money at Tower Hobbies, I paid $60 for a super saver club membership and the $60 paid for its self on the first order. I had to spend a certain amount but was worth it. It only cost me $13 to have a $300 order shipped me over night and delivered on Saturday Via UPS. The thing is to compile a list and place a big order instead of a bunch of little orders here and there. Maybe I am off topic, but hey it's The 4th of July and I am enjoying my beer!!!
Happy 4th!!!!!!!
One last bit about why online shopping has become my 'go-to' method: here in Canada, while living in Toronto, the best 'trains-only' LHS, Georges, moved to a suburb about 15 miles away to escape Toronto's crushing commercial real estate taxes.
This only left John's Hobbies, which didn't carry Rapido. So if I wanted to shop at Georges, since I don't drive, this meant using two transit systems, $3 + $3, each way. So I had to add $12 to every purchase. And then our 13% sales/GST taxes...but I'd then look at someone on eBay selling what I wanted, with no tax & a shipping charge of maybe $20, right to my door...not a hard decision...
Our nearest LHS now from Brantford, Ontario is 7 miles away in Paris, or a slightly larger one in Dundas, 15 miles. They'll both order anything I want, but how do I know until I see it.?..eBay fills that void nicely.
BATMANChina does not hold the mortgage on Canada and if I have to pay more on MRR items to keep it that way, so be it.
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Don't fret over it OP, I have an LHS but their primary sales aren't trains. When it comes down to it I have to buy stuff online. It would be nice if my LHS carried at least rail cars of local RR's instead of obscure eastern roads. If I didn't shop online I'd never have the stuff that fits my railroading needs.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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ChadLRyan The Government in the USA is looking to Tax everyone on On-Line Purchases as well.I hope they also instinstute a Breathing Panting Tax, if I get breathing challenged while push mowing my own lawn.... - due to city 'recommendations....' Whatever...I think we need to define a new word that is as similar as "Hypcrisisy" that could be applied to those situations that are a total hypcrisisy, such as shipping charges & taxes...
The Government in the USA is looking to Tax everyone on On-Line Purchases as well.I hope they also instinstute a Breathing Panting Tax, if I get breathing challenged while push mowing my own lawn.... - due to city 'recommendations....' Whatever...I think we need to define a new word that is as similar as "Hypcrisisy" that could be applied to those situations that are a total hypcrisisy, such as shipping charges & taxes...
I ALREADY PAY for some of the air I breathe!!!!
I AM breathing challenged!
I have an Oxygen concentrator for my asthma/sleep apnea as my pulse-ox{ygen level} drops to 78 at night whilest sleeping, so I PAY FOR AIR!
I don't think they tax it yet as durable medical equipment, but there is a monthly fee for the machine! AND I pay for the electricity to run it! THAT there is taxes galore on!
so you just wait...
Some cities now charge a "water runoff fee" for the water that runs off your roof {based on sq footage} into the city's sewers to be processed, I'LL JUST BET they don't give a "drought break" on that fee when there IS no runnoff due to no rain!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.