How to fight a Revenue Canada imposed tax on an imported product?
Customs folks can be complete idiots. Recently I got a single-invoice shipment (in South Africa, from Germany) which was spread across 3 boxes. The idiots (eejits) charged me the full duty on each box (yes, triple the legal amount). Everything was clearly labled as 1 invoice for 3 boxes. I sent documents and explanation to the authorities and recieved an appropriate refund. In Germany I was once charged duty on the value of a package PLUS the value of the shipping. Because Deutsche Post is also a bunch of clowns, they were unable to deliver packages to my address, so had to come UPS, at their international rates. The resulting tax was about twice the value of the goods. I didn’t try to contest that, my German is inadequat. You have to find out what you should pay, and see if that is the amount you did pay. If you paid correctly, you’re out of luck.
