Question about buying a TV in USA then crossing border

ratatapa wrote: ↑ So I'm from Québec and never brought anything from the US Sammy question is simple

I'm looking for a tv that is 1299 US and the state have about 104$ sales taxes so about 1450 USD or 1800 something Canadian $

How much would I have to expect to pay when crossing the border back to canada? I'm just going in and out in the US like 2-3h max

Thanks

FieroAlex wrote: ↑

ratatapa wrote: ↑ So I'm from Québec and never brought anything from the US Sammy question is simple

I'm looking for a tv that is 1299 US and the state have about 104$ sales taxes so about 1450 USD or 1800 something Canadian $

How much would I have to expect to pay when crossing the border back to canada? I'm just going in and out in the US like 2-3h max

Thanks

You have no daily exemption so expect to pay full duties and taxes and be happy if you pay any less than that.

FieroAlex wrote: ↑ Sorry, here is a fancy calculator

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyag ... l-eng.html

ds2chan wrote: ↑ Do you think you will be saving that much over a Canadian sale price? I'm wondering if it's worth the time, gas, and possibly the hassle.

playnicee1 wrote: ↑ NEVER EVER buy a TV from the States if you live in Canada or Quebec.
It's a living hell if anything goes wrong with it.
If anything goes wrong with it you have to either go all the way back to the States to the store you bought it from there, or worse, you will only be allowed to deal with the American manufacturer, not the Canadian one, which would be a lot closer to home.

When I buy a TV here in Canada, I always pay the in store extended warranty fee so that all I have to do is return it to the store when something goes wrong. No hassles, no long distance travelling.

Magister wrote: ↑ Strange, I bought an RCA tv years ago in USA, one of the first LCD TV lighted not with LED but CFL or something, it was 4" thick. A year after, the scren just got white only. I contacted RCA Canada and they sent me a shipping label, I put the TV in a box for Mississauga and got a new one a few days later...

death_hawk wrote: ↑

playnicee1 wrote: ↑ NEVER EVER buy a TV from the States if you live in Canada or Quebec.
It's a living hell if anything goes wrong with it.
If anything goes wrong with it you have to either go all the way back to the States to the store you bought it from there, or worse, you will only be allowed to deal with the American manufacturer, not the Canadian one, which would be a lot closer to home.

Do people get banned from the US regularly or something?
Assuming you live close enough to the border for this to be viable, are you going once and then never going again?
Unless you're renting a car or something because your car is too small, you should be able to fit the TV back into the same car you drove it over with.

When I buy a TV here in Canada, I always pay the in store extended warranty fee so that all I have to do is return it to the store when something goes wrong. No hassles, no long distance travelling.

This is all sorts of stupid for a variety of other reasons.
The amount of money one spends on extended warranties could easily be stuffed into a bank account that's never touched except for when things break in effect creating your own extended warranty.
This way if nothing breaks, you're ahead. If something does break, the amalgamation of all the other monies you would have normally paid fully pays for a brand new unit of your choice without any of the bullplop that usually comes with warranty issues.