Hi Guys,
I've owned my FP1 for close to 2 years now and, last night, I made an offer on a slotting head in Montreal on eBay and we made a deal.
In the end, I paid about $100 more than what I was hoping to pay initially, but I'm ok with that. But then, when I got the invoice there was about another $100 in sales tax. That surprised me, because the seller is in Canada.
How does this work? I just can't see that the seller will send that money to the North Carolina treasury ever. I understand that some sellers in the US are required to collect sales tax, and I assume that there is a similar requirement in Canada. But even before the internet, there was never any sales tax collected for purchase outside the country I thought.
Is there anyone with more experience with such across the border purchases that knows what is what here? I have not paid yet, and I will call the seller later today to talk about pick up. I would like to know what I can do exactly. I don't want to badmouth him really, but when I got the invoice, it felt like a sneaky way to extract more money out of me. If it was a domestic transaction, I would understand, but this does not seem right to me.
Apologies if you think I should have just put this in a general forum. I put it here, because it is a Deckel purchase, but perhaps I am limiting my exposure. Anyway, I hope someone can give me some advice about this. If it is the law, that's fine, I'll just pay, I just want to make sure I'm not getting screwed.
Thanks,
Jacques
I've owned my FP1 for close to 2 years now and, last night, I made an offer on a slotting head in Montreal on eBay and we made a deal.
In the end, I paid about $100 more than what I was hoping to pay initially, but I'm ok with that. But then, when I got the invoice there was about another $100 in sales tax. That surprised me, because the seller is in Canada.
How does this work? I just can't see that the seller will send that money to the North Carolina treasury ever. I understand that some sellers in the US are required to collect sales tax, and I assume that there is a similar requirement in Canada. But even before the internet, there was never any sales tax collected for purchase outside the country I thought.
Is there anyone with more experience with such across the border purchases that knows what is what here? I have not paid yet, and I will call the seller later today to talk about pick up. I would like to know what I can do exactly. I don't want to badmouth him really, but when I got the invoice, it felt like a sneaky way to extract more money out of me. If it was a domestic transaction, I would understand, but this does not seem right to me.
Apologies if you think I should have just put this in a general forum. I put it here, because it is a Deckel purchase, but perhaps I am limiting my exposure. Anyway, I hope someone can give me some advice about this. If it is the law, that's fine, I'll just pay, I just want to make sure I'm not getting screwed.
Thanks,
Jacques