Originally Posted by TakahiroW4047
Out of curiosity I checked the site, and the prices you've mentioned seems to be base prices without "Tax" and "S&H". The column directly to the right lists prices that is all inclusive.
At the point I checked, the lowest base price is $2397 for the 5DMkII body. All inclusive price is $2527.57
I'm not sure how shipping works for those outside the states. But from B&H, domestically at least, you can get an all inclusive pricing of $2399.95. Is there some tariffs involved where it makes it more beneficial for those that live in Canada to purchase? This doesn't seem too beneficial to those living within the US?
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You're right that I didn't include the right column price because that will be different for each person. Within Canada we pay less tax buying from a different province because we don't have to pay provincial sales tax, only federal. Shipping obviously also will depend on where you're buying from, but for most retailers it's pretty cheap or you could price match with a retailer that has free shipping.
Do you not still have to pay sales tax on B&H's $2399 price? If not then that is definitely the best deal for you guys. Like I said in my first post, this was mostly beneficial for the Canadian members of the forums but with the exchange and assuming equal taxes, could be a savings for the Americans too.
As for us importing from the US, we have to pay the US sales tax and then the full taxes as if we were buying locally (provincial and federal). Camera equipment is duty free so luckily there's nothing beyond that. If we come down the US we start to get exemption from paying Canadian tax depending on how long we visit for (up to $750 can become tax free I think). Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about this. Either way with the exchange and extra taxes it's advantageous to buy within Canada unless the price is quite different.
Anyway, for me the lowest body base price I see is still the $2292 I mentioned (is that not showing up for you? - it's from Mostly Digital) which comes to $2445 all-in with $40 shipping (could try to price match to avoid) and 5% tax because it is out of province for me. I think that the exchange gives you guys about 7% off right now so if you guys don't have to pay any extra shipping, duty or taxes then that would be only US$2285 all-in. That's nothing to sneeze at off B&H's $2399, especially if you have to pay sales tax on top of that price, but I guess maybe you don't. The hassle and other possible fees may not make it worth importing to the US, I'm not really sure. If somebody knows about the taxes and duty paid on importing from Canada to the US that would answer that question.
Nice Mike! Congrats and enjoy your 7D! Happy to help in any indirect way.
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