Re: [NTLK] [FS] Free Beige PowerMacs G3 Minitowers to a Newton home

Hi Morgan,
Don't know if you got one of my previous emails as I got a message that
because I quoted the previous thread that was too long, it didn't submit
it.

Postal code is L7E2T7 and although beggars can't be choosers, machine "H" is
of interest! :D

Regards,
   Tony.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Morgan Aldridge
<morgant@makkintosshu.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Grant Hutchinson<grant@splorp.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Tony D'Alfonso wrote:
> >
> >> Andrei, you're exactly right - UPS gouges and calls it "brokerage".
> >> On the
> >> duties issue though, NAFTA did wipe them out until our provincial and
> >> federal governments decided that imports require charging PST and
> >> GST, (not)
> >> respectively!
> >
> > I'll second the vote to avoid UPS at all costs. (No pun intended.)
> >
> > Regarding sales tax, the trick is to mark those packages as "obsolete
> > computer parts" with a very low value. You only pay GST/PST on the
> > value of the shipment. The downside to this is not being able to
> > properly insure the item for the actual value. Since Morgan's Macs are
> > essentially free, that shouldn't be an issue in this case.
>
> Good call everyone! I'll quote USPS for those across the northern border.
>
> Morgan Aldridge
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