Hi everyone. Today I received two books I ordered from d&d beyond's alternate site for people outside the US. I'm in Canada. 🇨🇦 The delivery driver said I needed to pay $28 in duties, which made the price of the books much more expensive. On top of the already expensive exchange rate. These two books cost a small fortune and I simply can't justify ever buying from them again. My question being, is this normal when buying from this company?? I've bought a lot of things online over the years, from various counties, including the US. But I've never had to pay duties before. So why now? Has this happened to anyone else??
Without getting too deep into the whys and wherefores, the international trade dynamics into and out of the US have been significantly altered in the past year or so, which might explain this.
Hi everyone. Today I received two books I ordered from d&d beyond's alternate site for people outside the US. I'm in Canada. 🇨🇦 The delivery driver said I needed to pay $28 in duties, which made the price of the books much more expensive. On top of the already expensive exchange rate. These two books cost a small fortune and I simply can't justify ever buying from them again. My question being, is this normal when buying from this company?? I've bought a lot of things online over the years, from various counties, including the US. But I've never had to pay duties before. So why now? Has this happened to anyone else??
Without getting too deep into the whys and wherefores, the international trade dynamics into and out of the US have been significantly altered in the past year or so, which might explain this.
You're thinking it's part of Trumps tariffs?
US tariffs wouldn’t apply in Canada. They are on goods brought in to the US, not sent out.
However, Canada may have implemented tariffs of its own in response. Which, one could argue is attributable to the US tariffs.