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Purchase question for NA and Canada

nemfield All Messages By This Member #111122 Hi and ‘73. I searched and could not find this question covered so I would like to post it please. I’d like to purchase the kit version of the sBitx. Just the tested board. I have all the other components. ?However, I cannot use DHL as DHL has exorbitance additional prices and extra charges for Canadians. It’s absolutely ridiculous. It would cost me another $150 to get it into Canada.? I would really appreciate if someone could direct me to another purchase solution for the sBitx board kit. Thank you very much. Gabe VE3SLJ.?
HA3HZ All Messages By This Member #111123 Gabe, the manufacturer should be contacted in this regard. Most of the forum users are the same customers as you. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that this is not a simple radio. More computer knowledge is required for proper operation. All this can be learned if you are good at searching the Internet and learn how to handle it. I note that I bought it without RPi, in a box and paid an additional 130 usd for customs. The other day someone here advertised a device in the USA. Look for it, you only have to read it here in the forum. -- Gyula HA3HZ
Ken N2VIP All Messages By This Member #111125 开云体育 Gabe, Is it that DHL alone has exorbitant fees or is it that the Canadian government has the high fees and DHL is just passing them on? HF Signals only ships via DHL, and HF Signals is the only source of the board, so your only alternative is try and find someone to accept delivery elsewhere and find a shipper that doesn't charge the high fees. I believe such people are called 'expediters' and are profit-seeking organizations.? I think you'll just have bite the bullet and pay the fee, or hope a fellow Canadian has tired of their kit and will sell it to you directly - but I suspect such a seller would hope to reclaim the $125 in fees they paid when their kit entered the country. Good luck, it's a great radio! Ken, N2VIP toggle quoted message Show quoted text On May 14, 2024, at 07:41, nemfield <nemfield@...> wrote: ? Hi and ‘73. I searched and could not find this question covered so I would like to post it please. I’d like to purchase the kit version of the sBitx. Just the tested board. I have all the other components. ?However, I cannot use DHL as DHL has exorbitance additional prices and extra charges for Canadians. It’s absolutely ridiculous. It would cost me another $150 to get it into Canada.? I would really appreciate if someone could direct me to another purchase solution for the sBitx board kit. Thank you very much. Gabe VE3SLJ.?
Gerald Sherman All Messages By This Member #111126 开云体育 Just? a few comments here, as I am in Winnipeg, Canada: I haven't found DHL to be too bad.? You should see the gouging going on by UPS.? The shipping time by DHL is something else - in one case - 50 hours from Hyderabad to my apartment door!? I had a very recent encounter (last week) with our wonderful post office - the package from? the USA got into Winnipeg late Monday evening & I got it late Saturday morning.? DHL should teach our post office how to do it. Gerry Sherman Sent by the Windows 11 Thunderbird toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 2024-05-14 09:08, Ken N2VIP wrote: Gabe, Is it that DHL alone has exorbitant fees or is it that the Canadian government has the high fees and DHL is just passing them on? HF Signals only ships via DHL, and HF Signals is the only source of the board, so your only alternative is try and find someone to accept delivery elsewhere and find a shipper that doesn't charge the high fees. I believe such people are called 'expediters' and are profit-seeking organizations.? I think you'll just have bite the bullet and pay the fee, or hope a fellow Canadian has tired of their kit and will sell it to you directly - but I suspect such a seller would hope to reclaim the $125 in fees they paid when their kit entered the country. Good luck, it's a great radio! Ken, N2VIP On May 14, 2024, at 07:41, nemfield <nemfield@...> wrote: ? Hi and ‘73. I searched and could not find this question covered so I would like to post it please. I’d like to purchase the kit version of the sBitx. Just the tested board. I have all the other components. ?However, I cannot use DHL as DHL has exorbitance additional prices and extra charges for Canadians. It’s absolutely ridiculous. It would cost me another $150 to get it into Canada.? I would really appreciate if someone could direct me to another purchase solution for the sBitx board kit. Thank you very much. Gabe VE3SLJ.?
va3rr All Messages By This Member #111127 Importing into Canada can exhibit the worst of public/private shipping. The federal government only wants to collect the 13% HST (Canadian VAT) and any applicable tariffs (usually 0-3%), and have implement rules that allow private sector shipping companies to collect those fees as well as charging their own fee for "assessing" the applicable tariff rate. This is this assessment fee that can be exorbitant... Amazon and Aliexpress seem to have agreements with their shippers so no additional fees are levied. 3rd party vendors on Amazon will often warn that "additional fees may be levied", but I have never experienced that. In fact, often the 13% HST is never levied with these two vendors. As well, items shipped by national postal services usually arrive without any taxes or fees... I write this as I await the arrival of my mid-band QMX kit from Turkiye. I asked that they ship via Turkish PTT, but it was shipped Fedex, so I am curious to see if any additional importation fees are assessed by Fedex... 73 de Russ, va3rr toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:09 AM, Ken N2VIP wrote: Is it that DHL alone has exorbitant fees or is it that the Canadian government has the high fees and DHL is just passing them on?
Glenn VE9GJ All Messages By This Member #111128 I got my sBitx 3 a couple of months ago and I forget the exact amount DHL charged. I am traveling now so can't check. It was the 15 % HST (NB) plus about a $20 fee. I got a notice email from DHL before delivery and paid it online. 73 Glenn VE9GJ toggle quoted message Show quoted text On May 14, 2024 10:49:00?a.m. EDT, "va3rr via groups.io" <va3rr@...> wrote: Importing into Canada can exhibit the worst of public/private shipping. The federal government only wants to collect the 13% HST (Canadian VAT) and any applicable tariffs (usually 0-3%), and have implement rules that allow private sector shipping companies to collect those fees as well as charging their own fee for "assessing" the applicable tariff rate. This is this assessment fee that can be exorbitant... Amazon and Aliexpress seem to have agreements with their shippers so no additional fees are levied. 3rd party vendors on Amazon will often warn that "additional fees may be levied", but I have never experienced that. In fact, often the 13% HST is never levied with these two vendors. As well, items shipped by national postal services usually arrive without any taxes or fees... I write this as I await the arrival of my mid-band QMX kit from Turkiye. I asked that they ship via Turkish PTT, but it was shipped Fedex, so I am curious to see if any additional importation fees are assessed by Fedex... 73 de Russ, va3rr On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:09 AM, Ken N2VIP wrote: Is it that DHL alone has exorbitant fees or is it that the Canadian government has the high fees and DHL is just passing them on? 开云体育 Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#111127): /g/BITX20/message/111127 Mute This Topic: /mt/106093484/164950 The original BITX BITX40 by HFSignals uBITX by HFSignals BITX Store by Sunil BITX Web Site of Mike ZL1AXG /g/BITX20/wiki/home Wiki www.bitxmap.com Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: /g/BITX20/leave/13074607/164950/2041555772/xyzzy [ve9gj@...]
Glenn VE9GJ All Messages By This Member #111129 Or as my traveling buddy VY2HF just told me with DHL, UPS, FedEx etc you can look at self brokering as they have to let you. The catch is you need to do it before the package is delivered and you will have to have a CBSA office nearby. Email codhold_tl@... if you want to do this. You do this after you get your email of the DHL charges for HST. 73 Glenn VE9GJ toggle quoted message Show quoted text On May 14, 2024 1:07:04?p.m. EDT, Glenn VE9GJ <ve9gj@...> wrote: I got my sBitx 3 a couple of months ago and I forget the exact amount DHL charged. I am traveling now so can't check. It was the 15 % HST (NB) plus about a $20 fee. I got a notice email from DHL before delivery and paid it online. 73 Glenn VE9GJ On May 14, 2024 10:49:00?a.m. EDT, "va3rr via groups.io" <va3rr@...> wrote: Importing into Canada can exhibit the worst of public/private shipping. The federal government only wants to collect the 13% HST (Canadian VAT) and any applicable tariffs (usually 0-3%), and have implement rules that allow private sector shipping companies to collect those fees as well as charging their own fee for "assessing" the applicable tariff rate. This is this assessment fee that can be exorbitant... Amazon and Aliexpress seem to have agreements with their shippers so no additional fees are levied. 3rd party vendors on Amazon will often warn that "additional fees may be levied", but I have never experienced that. In fact, often the 13% HST is never levied with these two vendors. As well, items shipped by national postal services usually arrive without any taxes or fees... I write this as I await the arrival of my mid-band QMX kit from Turkiye. I asked that they ship via Turkish PTT, but it was shipped Fedex, so I am curious to see if any additional importation fees are assessed by Fedex... 73 de Russ, va3rr On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:09 AM, Ken N2VIP wrote: Is it that DHL alone has exorbitant fees or is it that the Canadian government has the high fees and DHL is just passing them on? 开云体育 Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#111127): /g/BITX20/message/111127 Mute This Topic: /mt/106093484/164950 The original BITX BITX40 by HFSignals uBITX by HFSignals BITX Store by Sunil BITX Web Site of Mike ZL1AXG /g/BITX20/wiki/home Wiki www.bitxmap.com Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: /g/BITX20/leave/13074607/164950/2041555772/xyzzy [ve9gj@...]
K9HZ All Messages By This Member #111130 开云体育 Its a pain for me to even fill the paperwork out because it can get complicated. ?Thats why if i ship boardsets up there i want all the sets going to one person for the whole country and redistributed up there. ? Dr.?William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com email:??bill@... ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On May 14, 2024, at 9:49?AM, va3rr via groups.io <va3rr@...> wrote: ?Importing into Canada can exhibit the worst of public/private shipping. ?The federal government only wants to collect the 13% HST (Canadian VAT) and any applicable tariffs (usually 0-3%), and have implement rules that allow private sector shipping companies to collect those fees as well as charging their own fee for "assessing" the applicable tariff rate. ?This is this assessment fee that can be exorbitant... Amazon and Aliexpress seem to have agreements with their shippers so no additional fees are levied. ?3rd party vendors on Amazon will often warn that "additional fees may be levied", but I have never experienced that. ?In fact, often the 13% HST is never levied with these two vendors. ?As well, items shipped by national postal services usually arrive without any taxes or fees... I write this as I await the arrival of my mid-band QMX kit from Turkiye. ?I asked that they ship via Turkish PTT, but it was shipped Fedex, so I am curious to see if any additional importation fees are assessed by Fedex... 73 de Russ, va3rr On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:09 AM, Ken N2VIP wrote: Is it that DHL alone has exorbitant fees or is it that the Canadian government has the high fees and DHL is just passing them on?
va3rr All Messages By This Member #111162 On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:49 AM, va3rr wrote: Just as an addendum, my QMX kit just arrived on my doorstep with no additional fees or duties. I'll try to remember to make a similar sized contribution when I do my income tax next year. ? 73 de va3rr I write this as I await the arrival of my mid-band QMX kit from Turkiye. I asked that they ship via Turkish PTT, but it was shipped Fedex, so I am curious to see if any additional importation fees are assessed by Fedex... 73 de Russ, va3rr
nemfield All Messages By This Member #111166 Thank you all very much. I appreciate all the responses and insight. I'll let you know how it all goes. Cheers, and 73. VE3SLJ, Gabe.
nemfield All Messages By This Member #111179 FYI: In Canada there is no tarrifs or duties on Amateur Radio Gear. The reference use to be 41417-1.
[email protected] All Messages By This Member #117161 Hi Gabe, ? I read your review on.?? ? ? ? I'm not? sure? how? to? contact? you? through? RAC. Thanks.
Ken N2VIP All Messages By This Member #117162 开云体育 Gabe's callsign is "VE3SLJ" - that should help you contact him directly. Ken, N2VIP toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Apr 9, 2025, at 17:53, dmoowziz via groups.io <dmoowziz@...> wrote: ? Hi Gabe, ? I read your review on.?? ? ? ? I'm not? sure? how? to? contact? you? through? RAC. Thanks.
[email protected] All Messages By This Member #117166 Hi Ken, thanks ? So like through email:?ve3slj at myrac? .ca ?
Vince d'Eon VE6LK/AI7LK All Messages By This Member #117186 DHL is the most reasonable of the bunch, for my zBitx I paid $20 for the brokerage fee and $11 GST if I recall correctly - I live in Alberta. You can clear your own packages and the process is explained here ?
David T-- VE3TOS All Messages By This Member #117274 Cost about $49 for me in Ontario On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:59?AM Vince d'Eon VE6LK/AI7LK via <vincedeon=[email protected]> wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text DHL is the most reasonable of the bunch, for my zBitx I paid $20 for the brokerage fee and $11 GST if I recall correctly - I live in Alberta. You can clear your own packages and the process is explained here ?

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