Shipping from usa to canada

[poonty18]

When seller ship to Canada using eBay international shipping. Do I still have to pay tax and brokerage fee? It never happened in past. Can anyone confirm please.

[marnotom!]

You have to carefully read listings where eIS will be forwarding the item. Sometimes buyers will have the choice between paying import charges at checkout and paying them later, and sometimes there will be no choice and the buyer is stuck with whatever option is given.

Go back to the listing page. What does it state about how the import charges will
be handled?

[mrdutch1001]

Canadian buyers are responsible for any potential taxes (GST/HST/PST) and any applicable duties/tariffs on items imported from the U.S. into Canada, based on type of item, value, and province. 

[femmefan1946]

The GSP brokerage/service fee was reckoned by eBay members to be about $5. Which currency remained a question.

It was lower than the $9.95 charged by Canada Post if they were collecting import fees on your doorstep, though.

Import fees include duty, sales taxes (provincial and federal) and that service charge.

The eIS has not been around all that long and somehow the question of their service fee has not come up that I have seen.

These import fees are not necessarily a line item, but are folded into the Shipping and Handling charge, which is why you didn't notice them.

You paid them when you purchased, not on delivery. 

It's one reason members panic at the cost of eIS/GSP.  The shipping price includes the import fees as well as the postage and packaging costs.