Snadinator
Super Freak
But you have to pay full tax... I thi k you don't save a single penny. In fact you may be paying more.
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But you have to pay full tax... I thi k you don't save a single penny. In fact you may be paying more.
Spidey976
Super Freak
I have to pay full tax if I ship it through SSC don't I. We only have the one tax in Ontario now the HST.
RobertoBagg10
Super Freak
Not sure if any bodies seen twitter but sideshow have said we should get a 360 of this statue next week
Phew! For a moment as i read your post i was thinking that the ES was 360! In which case i would have rushed to get my order in!
Snadinator
Super Freak
You only pay like 5% upon delivery... as opposed to roughly 15% at retail.
Now yes there is a currency conversion but that is only a recent event. Our dollar was at parity for a long time and is planned to be back at parity come 2014. Even then we are only talking 5%.
Keep in mind I bank 5% as sideshow reward points. This statue gives me $30 to apply to a statue in the future. You don't get that through retail.
Should my statue have issues I don't have to deal with a middle man. I go straight to ssc.
Spidey976
Super Freak
Snad, my last import for the Staes I payed the FULL 13% HST it was on my Cap PF.... How would I avoid that??? I am prepared to admit I could be off a bit...lol
Not sure if any bodies seen twitter but sideshow have said we should get a 360 of this statue next week
This is good news and should not be ignored by the Canadians
Spidey976
Super Freak
Not sure if any bodies seen twitter but sideshow have said we should get a 360 of this statue next week
This is good news and should not be ignored by the Canadians
Sorry I already knew that, and thought I posted something about it ... I am just hoping the Hi Res photos go up soon as well.
Snadinator
Super Freak
Ok well that is your crappy province... hahaha. I only pay 5% GST. In your case you might save a bit.
So through SSC:
600 + 45 shipping + $78 tax upon delivery.
5% (or $30) put towards sideshow rewards
Through retail:
As opposed to 600 + $78 tax
In the end, if you take into account the 5% reward points, you aren't necessarily saving that much. If there is an EX you want, it would be worth getting it.
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For me it breaks down like this
So through SSC:
600 + 45 shipping + $30 tax upon delivery.
5% (or $30) put towards sideshow rewards
Through retail:
As opposed to 600 + $78 tax
And keep in mind BBTS isn`t local for me. I would have to ship from them. My LCS charges a ridiculous mark-up. A $350 PF goes for $450. They have a Rhino there for $500. You have to pay tax on top of that.
Snadinator
Super Freak
This is good news and should not be ignored by the Canadians
Meh... I don't need anymore convincing to get this one.
I presume that, like me, you're located in Quebec...
It's true that by ordering directly through Sideshow, we have to pay the 5% GST and sometimes the 9.975% QST. Out of about 12 statues ordered from Sideshow in the last 12 months, I didn't have to pay 9.975% QST to FedEx on the last 3 or 4 (but I had to pay it for the first 8-9). Why the recent change? I have no idea but I won't complain!
Like Spidey, I also sometimes buy from SuperPowerCollectibles and I never had to pay the 9.975% QST with them (only 5% GST) + they always charge in $CAD. But I guess that Spidey, being located in Ontario, must pay the full tax (from Sideshow AND SuperPower).
So:
- Currency conversion: Advantage SuperPowerCollectibles by about 8% (today's buying rate but, of course, it can change)
- Shipping/Handling: Roughly the same unless you can pick up the statue locally like Spidey
- Taxes: The same but, with Sideshow, there is a risk that FedEx could decide to collect the 9.975% this time. With SuperPower, I wouldn't even worry.
- Brokerage, Customs, etc: 0$ in both case if you have a Fedex account linked to your credit card.
- Rewards points: Advantage Sideshow by about 5% but it can't be applied to the current purchase.
- Warranty: Advantage Sideshow. In case of a problem, I guess that it would be easier to deal with Sideshow without a middle man.
- Getting the statue sooner: Advantage Sideshow.
For all these reasons, I decided to go with Sideshow for this specific statue (hoping that the $CAD won't dive and make me regret my decision). But, if I had the option to pickup the statue and save the Shipping/Handling, I think I would have gone with SuperPower.
Just my $0.02...
Spidey976
Super Freak
Wait a minute you have been saying I am FULL OF **** and you never thought about the fact that there is an 8% difference in our SALES TAXES!!!
. Your WHOLE argument is based on YOUR assumptions that my province works the same as yours...it obviously didn't or there wouldn't be so many transfer payments heading to all of the OTHER PROVINCES....lol. Finally I am NOT ordering from BBTS, and I DIDN'T SUGGEST YOU HAD TO.... I am going LOCAL to Toronto, and literally I am going to their warehouse to pick this up.... If it wasn't local I would be saving so much.... And if there was an EX I HAD TO HAVE... I would be going through SSC. SO in the end I am saving cash.. Your arguments are base on your Province, not mine, and we are BOTH getting this AMAZING piece... I thnk that abut covers it.
Spidey976
Super Freak
All food points, but the last time I heard but you only save $10 on the brockerage fees here in Ontario if you have a FedEx account, but I could be wrong
Spidey976
Super Freak
In Alberta... Not sure about Ontario... Will ask a few guys.
Snadinator
Super Freak
Wait a minute you have been saying I am FULL OF **** and you never thought about the fact that there is an 8% difference in our SALES TAXES!!!
Not sure if you are being rude... furthermore, you were saying you were saving over $100 or more which is flat out wrong. Taking into consideration the ssc reward points, you aren't saving much on this statue and the difference is smaller on regular pfs. For me I save with ssc and that isn't even considering reward points.
Spidey976
Super Freak
Lol ... I forgot the wonky faces... So no I wasn't trying to be rude, but depending in the brockerage fee question (and I am looking into that) I am saving at least $50-$60, and if the brockerage fees are more then in your province it will be closer to $100.
How about this ... In one year we check back in with each other, and you may have to say you were wrong... Or I might... No Biggy really. Kind of time to drop it and let this thread be ABOUT THIS AMAZING STATUE.
Snadinator
Super Freak
99.9% sure brokerage is not dependant on province. Furthermore the fedex int economy packages include brokerage. There is no hidden brokerage fee.
