Hi all! Probably mostly to Canadian WindyNation supporters. I'm on the very cusp of buying a Windtura 750. I bought the blades a month ago, hoping that I could use them on my Whisper 1000, and I probably can. But in the process of putting it all back together I noticed too many other worn parts, exposed wiring being one of them (poor design. I can see small green dots on some of it). Anyways, what I'm asking about is the duty being charged. I understand that there's duty charged on alternative energy product parts, but none on whole units. Has anyone experienced this to be true?
Barry, Real good question, I live in Manitoba and I have never seen anything constant when it comes to customs. When it is identified as electrical they are all over you for duty charges. When I ask the seller to ID it as wind / alternative energy product ( sometimes) it goes through with no duty ! It really pisses me off cause it seems we are at the mercy of the customs agent of the day and it depends if he / she is having a bad hair day on how they handle our purchase. I think it should be up to sellers like Windy N. to know before hand what will ship duty free and if there is a way, to make sure the product is marked correctly so no duty needs to be paid. If there is a duty free category we have to take the decision making out if the hands of each customs agent! Now don't I feel better after venting ! :lol:
Yes like my amp meter was sent as toy parts. I think they did that to get it thru customs without paying duty charges.
hi all dont talked about customs in canada i have been doing business in USA and elswhere around the world,,, its always a problem withthe USA. sometime it take 1 month too have my stock from the South but from H-kong it may take 7 days you never know veebic
