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Canada Nexus one US

Hey,
I live in Toronto, Canada, I went on the google website to buy the nexus one, and the price it gives me for the phone including shipping is $556 US dollars.
In the shipping policy section it says your respective province/country might charge you the taxes at the time of delivery. My question is will I get charged taxes at the time I pick up my package? I have ordered stuff online from the states before and I have not been charged tax for those items or any extra fees on top of what I payed at the time of purchase (I ordered 60 dollars worth of clothing before).
As a little experiment I changed my shipping address from Canada to my friends address in the states, and the price is identical. Is the 556 US dollars the FINAL price americans/canadians pay for the phone?
Thanks for all your help.

I paid 529.00 in total, so I think you might be getting pinged with the taxes up front?
It should have it broken down in the final checkout screen! But try here they have a contact number also so you can always give them a call to see, best of luck to you...

glitzbd said:
I paid 529.00 in total, so I think you might be getting pinged with the taxes up front?
It should have it broken down in the final checkout screen! But try here they have a contact number also so you can always give them a call to see, best of luck to you...
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haha thats messed up, after experimenting with the states address, I no longer get charged for shipping but instead I get charged US dollar tax, lol and it comes out to be 10 dollars more, $566. I dont know how you got away without paying tax or any shipping. Lucky you
Now I dont know whether to risk getting it shipped to Canada for 556 and end up paying tax on it at the time of pick up. Or to ship it to the states and pay 10 dollars more for tax? Darn taxes.
Thanks for the quick reply eh.

aziz831 said:
Hey,
I live in Toronto, Canada, I went on the google website to buy the nexus one, and the price it gives me for the phone including shipping is $556 US dollars.
In the shipping policy section it says your respective province/country might charge you the taxes at the time of delivery. My question is will I get charged taxes at the time I pick up my package? I have ordered stuff online from the states before and I have not been charged tax for those items or any extra fees on top of what I payed at the time of purchase (I ordered 60 dollars worth of clothing before).
As a little experiment I changed my shipping address from Canada to my friends address in the states, and the price is identical. Is the 556 US dollars the FINAL price americans/canadians pay for the phone?
Thanks for all your help.
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Unfortunately we do have to pay the tax. I think I had to pay an additional $80 which sucked.

jasrups said:
Unfortunately we do have to pay the tax. I think I had to pay an additional $80 which sucked.
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Oh DAMN, I guess I would save that 80 dollars by shipping it to the states right? I am planning on going to my friends place in 2 weeks.
Now one more confusion, when I select a states address for shipping, I get a choice between fedex ground, 2nd day air, and overnight. What doesnt make sense is that picking fedex 2nd day air charges 5 dollars extra, but picking fedex overnight or fedex ground doesnt charge any extra. Shouldnt fedex overnight charge the most for shipping?
Thanks for your help and your quick reply.

Yes, you will have to pay GST, a broker fee, and in your case PST to the courier before they will hand over the package to you. If you're looking for a way to escape the PST you might try and move to Alberta. We don't have any!

PrawnPoBoy said:
Yes, you will have to pay GST, a broker fee, and in your case PST to the courier before they will hand over the package to you. If you're looking for a way to escape the PST you might try and move to Alberta. We don't have any!
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haha lucky Albertans , I hate this damn province (ontario) paying the highest PST from all of Canada, and we still get **** services.
But ya I guess to avoid paying extra fees of shipping AND taxes at the time of pick up, I'll get it shipped to the states and pick it up from my friends place in 2 weeks.
Thanks for your help

Be sure that you do NOT buy the "rogers compatible" one.
Get the one that is tmobile/wind -- it will still work on robbers, just be stuck to 2G, plus in addition, it will be compatible with wind and moblicity/dave.
With robbers data charges (being robbery) it is hard to justify data on their service anyways.

Or just phone up Fido and ask for the $30/month 6GB plan. I actually bargained them down to $20/month for the 6GB.
As for picking it up in the states, you can save money that way as long as you are willing to lie to border patrol and say you didn't buy anything.

I got charged almost 90 dollars by the delivery man for customs charges.....so add that to your total cost.
I live in SW Ontario btw....

Well if he is on Fido he should get the rogers compatible device unless he is planning on making the switch to Wind.
Is the 6GB plan back? was taken away months ago, its why i haven't left rogers, since I know I won't get it back.
And yes grabbing it from your friend is the best option.

Duplicate post. Sorry.

Yeah, the 6GB plan is back. But not advertised. They brought it back to offer people who want to go to Wind. If you are patient enough, or lucky enough to get the right person you can get the deal you want.

aziz831 said:
haha thats messed up, after experimenting with the states address, I no longer get charged for shipping but instead I get charged US dollar tax, lol and it comes out to be 10 dollars more, $566. I dont know how you got away without paying tax or any shipping. Lucky you
Now I dont know whether to risk getting it shipped to Canada for 556 and end up paying tax on it at the time of pick up. Or to ship it to the states and pay 10 dollars more for tax? Darn taxes.
Thanks for the quick reply eh.
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Depends on the state. You won't get charged by Google for tax in some states.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.
I guess I will go pick it up from the states

I shipped to Canada and the overall cost of my nexus was $650.

Sales Tax implication

Hi
if order nexus 5 thru google play & shipping address is New Jersey will there be addl tax & freight charges ?

madroamer said:
Hi
if order nexus 5 thru google play & shipping address is New Jersey will there be addl tax & freight charges ?
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Yes

can u plz elaborate on the rates den.
if buy for 399$ how much tax & misc?
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Yes
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To New Jersey it is 7% taxes.

so wat is cheapest way to buy ? or buy @ 349/399$ itself ?

madroamer said:
so wat is cheapest way to buy ? or buy @ 349/399$ itself ?
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What????
No matter where you buy the Nexus 5... you will be paying sales tax, unless you purchase it from a company that has no physical location in that state. Technically if you do buy something that doesn't charge you tax you're supposed to report that in your taxes at the end of the year.

K.... being a non us resident & planning to buy from US just wanted to know is there a way to buy @ quoted price!!!!
bilago said:
What????
No matter where you buy the Nexus 5... you will be paying sales tax, unless you purchase it from a company that has no physical location in that state. Technically if you do buy something that doesn't charge you tax you're supposed to report that in your taxes at the end of the year.
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madroamer said:
K.... being a non us resident & planning to buy from US just wanted to know is there a way to buy @ quoted price!!!!
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PFT! Pay us your monniieess!!!

If you're a non-US resident you'll still need to pay import duty and any other relevant taxes for your country when you receive the item.

scam
hyperspacey said:
If you're a non-US resident you'll still need to pay import duty and any other relevant taxes for your country when you receive the item.
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How much on average do these countries scam people for on a 349. Dollar device?

trsix said:
How much on average do these countries scam people for on a 349. Dollar device?
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Depends on the country.
Here's a calculator:
http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/
If you're in the UK you don't pay customs duty on imported mobile phones but you need to pay VAT at 20%, so it works out that a $349 phone is $418, or £260, which is actually more than you'd pay for the phone in the UK.

[Q] Google Play app VAT/Sales Tax

**Really sorry if I shouldn't have asked a question here, but wherever I try to post it, it pops up with a message saying it's not a Q&A forum, but I can't see where I should put it, plus the answer would be really useful to others I should imagine**
Hi
Just over a week ago I released my first Android app, I made an ad supported free version, and a paid version with no ads in it.
Since having a look around the settings in my Google Merchant account, I discovered a section about setting tax rates for my apps.
I have been through the hassle of getting the rates for each country I want my apps sold in.
I am wondering whether that was the correct thing to do, I have seen things on various forums saying I don't need to collect VAT unless I earn over £81,000 (I'm in the UK btw, and I'd be quite happy to make £100), others have said only put in the tax rate for the country which I'm selling from, others have said input for every country selling to.
I'm confused as to which I should have done.
Also, I saw that it said that Google will take the VAT off the gross price, then take their 30% off the net price, they will then pass on the gross price minus their cut, e.g.:
if app is £1
UK VAT is 20% so £1 minus 20% is £0.80
Google will take 30% of the £0.80, so this would be £0.24
They will then pass on the gross price minus their cut, so pass on £0.76
The way I read that I have £0.20 which is VAT sitting in my bank account, am I supposed to pay this in somehow, even if I'm not VAT registered, do I have to do that for every country around the world that I sell my apps to? And can I pay it all to the UK government or do I have to pay each relevant government their cut?
It's only a 69p app, I'm an unknown, I don't expect it to make huge amounts of money, I just wanted to learn and see how far I could get, might even look good on my CV, but the "paperwork" side of getting this thing up and running has been a headache.
For a multi billion dollar company, I think Google have done a really bad job of trying to encourage people that aren't part of large companies to develop apps, Apple deal with it all for you!

Money Saving Expert (great UK forum for anything to do with money have answered the question for me, as being a No don't put tax rates on as charging VAT when not VAT registered (due to being below the threshold) is fraud

I'm from Italy and I'm blocked on this question too.
Is there somebody who knows The Answer?

[Q] EU new VAT tax

Hi,
As you probably heard, Google Play will start to automatically charge and remit VAT for EU countries in January 2015.
I always thought that Google was handling VAT taxes like Apple but they’re not.
I don’t sell much in Europe but a lot more in countries like Australia, Canada, Singapore where there might be taxes as well that I have not been paying for a while.
So my question is, have I been selling apps illegally all this time? And if I am, what can I do now to make this right?
Additionally, it seems that I can set tax rates through the Google Wallet Merchant console but I don’t understand why. What happens if I do set tax rates? Will Google deduct them from my final revenue?
Thanks for your help.

You should not set taxes, IMO. Thats up to Google. VAT is 20%in the EU! If you put it on and Google put it on that's 40%! As Google are responsible for the tax it's up to them to add it. If you supplied a bricks and mortar store you would not add it to the invoice to the store. It's the end seller who does, Tyne the store.

Pre Order Credit?

I pre ordered the XL in the Google store. Read an article that said Google would be giving $100 credits for pre ordering. I didn't see any mention of a credit when I was ordering though. Is this something that's gonna show up after it ships or did I misread the article?

mrro82 said:
I pre ordered the XL in the Google store. Read an article that said Google would be giving $100 credits for pre ordering. I didn't see any mention of a credit when I was ordering though. Is this something that's gonna show up after it ships or did I misread the article?
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You will probably get code after trade in period is over

I believe it says the usual 6-8 weeks. The email associated with your order needs to be tied to Google Pay to get the credit.

Dose the $100 only for Trade in or all pre-order?
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DinarQ8 said:
Dose the $100 only for Trade in or all pre-order?
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I just read it for a credit for pre ordering. I haven't seen anything for a trade in.

I will waiting 2 days and see what will happen
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MILH0U5E said:
I believe it says the usual 6-8 weeks. The email associated with your order needs to be tied to Google Pay to get the credit.
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Yeah, it's the same as all their deals. Just so you don't return the phone after you get the promo. The site says, "Customers will receive an email notifying them Promotional Balance is added to their account 6-8 weeks after the end of the promotion (October 26, 2019 at 11:59pm PT) ... Promotional balance expires on 01/31/20 11:59pm PT."

I cancelled the Google Store pre-order and got it from Amazon. $100 at Amazon is more useful than at the Google Store in my opinion.

If you have Fi and get it on Fi they just pull it out of your bill until it's consumed; works for me.

The google credit is mentioned in the fine print, I had to scroll to the very bottom. I am hesitant to order from Verizon since they have a history of locking the bootloader, currently they have $450 credit for trading in a phone like the Pixel.

Verizon=just say no. Not ever. Uh-uh. Not going to happen. Ever. Example: Saving 400 on Verizon equals walking through 500 miles of dog feces barefoot before you get the opportunity to lick a goats sphincter. Yeah, you could do that because your tough and all that and you end up 400 dollars richer but do you really need to save 400 dollars that much?

krabman said:
If you have Fi and get it on Fi they just pull it out of your bill until it's consumed; works for me.
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Would you know if the Pixels from Fi are SIM-Locked or not?
Thank you.

samteeee said:
Would you know if the Pixels from Fi are SIM-Locked or not?
Thank you.
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Don't know how it works if you finance but if you pay cash they are SIM unlocked immediately, I took one over to Tmo simply by sticking my SIM in before I even booted it up for the first time. The bootloader can also be unlocked but again I'm referring to a cash buy, it may be different if you finance.

krabman said:
Don't know how it works if you finance but if you pay cash they are SIM unlocked immediately, I took one over to Tmo simply by sticking my SIM in before I even booted it up for the first time. The bootloader can also be unlocked but again I'm referring to a cash buy, it may be different if you finance.
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Thanks for replying back.
I think you're right, financing=SIM-Locked, Cash=Unlocked!

I didn't say that, I said I didn't know what the situation was with financed devices. Fi is super straight up when you call them, if I was interested in picking one up via financing there I would give them a quick shout and see what they say.
I just read that you can order through the Goog store, get their 100 credit but select via Fi on checkout and then turn around and get their 100 credit also, seems like one is slipping through a crack that may be closing at any time.

samteeee said:
Would you know if the Pixels from Fi are SIM-Locked or not?
Thank you.
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No Fi phones are NOT sim locked financed.

A nice perk if you have a google One paid account. I got $99.90 in credit on Google (10%) as a One customer and will also get the $100 credit. I'll wait and get the pixel buds for free when they come out in the spring if my credit does not expire before then. I did not notice an expiration date but maybe I missed it.

bitwiser said:
A nice perk if you have a google One paid account. I got $99.90 in credit on Google (10%) as a One customer and will also get the $100 credit. I'll wait and get the pixel buds for free when they come out in the spring if my credit does not expire before then. I did not notice an expiration date but maybe I missed it.
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Can you provide me a screen shot of that promo? I thought I saw it somewhere but when the asked for it I couldn't find it.

bitwiser said:
A nice perk if you have a google One paid account. I got $99.90 in credit on Google (10%) as a One customer and will also get the $100 credit. I'll wait and get the pixel buds for free when they come out in the spring if my credit does not expire before then. I did not notice an expiration date but maybe I missed it.
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Unfortunately the credit would expire prior to the buds being out, unless maybe they allow pre-orders very early in the year, or they release them earlier than 'spring'.
The Google One credit is good for 365 days, however the $100 promotional credit is only good until 01/31/20 11:59pm PT
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mrro82 said:
Can you provide me a screen shot of that promo? I thought I saw it somewhere but when the asked for it I couldn't find it.
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My store credit dropped just before black Friday week last year. That plus $50 off the Nest home hub, that sucker was mine for $50. This year it's $100, so I'm pretty sure the Nest hello will be mine, that or an outdoor camera for really cheap. Crossing fingers it comes before then!