Exhaust dilemna - help me out

I'm buying a catback for my GTI. Don't know which to get. Originally had researched the autotech one and was happy with it as it came with the magnaflow exhaust recomended by corey. Plus i've heard that magnaflow sounds wicked on my car. It was 400 plus shipping which was about 50 bucks. Would there be tax on top of that? (From the states)

here is the link > http://www.autotech.com/prod_engine_exhsys.htm#Mk4

Golks is selling megan performance stuff as you guys know and i have heard lots of good stuff about their products too. He has a 2.5 inch catback and it appears to be the same thing but with a different muffler. He quoted me at 385 ish.

here is the megan link > http://www.meganracing.com/products/product_detail.asp?prodid=162&catid=91

I don't want my car to be ridiculously loud, (which i doubt it will be) but i want it to have a nice exhaust note that can be easily heard all the time. Right now i don't even know if my car is on if it's idling. So whatshould it be Autotech with Magnaflow exhaust? Or Megan Racing?

youd have to pay a brokerage fee and duty for sure dono bout tax

CamJohns122 wrote:

youd have to pay a brokerage fee and duty for sure dono bout tax

Duties are essentially tax's.

How much $$ approx.? Do you know?

brokerage fee for my parts was 46 bucks dono if it depends on how much your shipment costs or if its a flat rate

Golks should know he does brokerage work

lol k whatever BUT which one is better do you guys think??

CamJohns122 wrote:

youd have to pay a brokerage fee and duty for sure dono bout tax

if the exhaust was manufactured in the States it is Duty-Free. I am not sure where Magnaflow gets their units manufactured, but if it is over seas then it would be subject to 6% duty.

Everything comming over the border is also subject to 5% GST.

As for brokerage, as an example UPS would charge you in the neighbourhood of 10% of the value.

**EDIT** Going by the $50 charge for shipping it would apear they are using a basic ground service. If it was UPS you would be charged $45.25 for brokerage and then GST for sure and possibly 6% duty.

Golks wrote:

CamJohns122 wrote:

youd have to pay a brokerage fee and duty for sure dono bout tax

if the exhaust was manufactured in the States it is Duty-Free. I am not sure where Magnaflow gets their units manufactured, but if it is over seas then it would be subject to 6% duty.

Everything comming over the border is also subject to 5% GST.

As for brokerage, as an example UPS would charge you in the neighbourhood of 10% of the value.

**EDIT** Going by the $50 charge for shipping it would apear they are using a basic ground service. If it was UPS you would be charged $45.25 for brokerage and then GST for sure and possibly 6% duty.

Thanks

Try and ship it USPS, They don't charge as much for brokerage.

UPS will rape your ass on brokerage

CamJohns122 wrote:

UPS will rape your ass on brokerage

How much were you charged when you got all your blox stuff??

Ok each shipment was an extra 50 bucks so id say if your ordering say a Megan get some other parts at the same time if you can if your looking for any that way you can save yourself charges

Hmm so if my exhaust is 400 and shipping (they claim) is 50$ i should plan for 500??

JBlack09 wrote:

Hmm so if my exhaust is 400 and shipping (they claim) is 50$ i should plan for 500??

this is what I would plan for:

$400USD + 50USD for shipping converted to CAD is $460CAD
Add the Possibility of UPS's Brokerage of $45.25 and you are at 505.25CAD.

Then add possible 6% duty to the order valued at $406CAD = $24.36
Then add GST to the Item, the brokerage and the duty= $23.78

So you are looking at a possible grand total of $553.29

And actually just thinking about it, shipping companies also charge a bond fee of about 3%. So that is another possible $12 or so.

**EDIT** Oh yeah. They may charge you about $5 on top of everything for a COD charge for allowing you to pay the duty and taxes on delivery.

JBlack09 wrote:

Hmm so if my exhaust is 400 and shipping (they claim) is 50$ i should plan for 500??

Ask if you can have it shipped via USPS, it will save you a considerable amount of money. If your only choice is with UPS have it shipped by air.

http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

lol wow

Jason- wrote:

JBlack09 wrote:

Hmm so if my exhaust is 400 and shipping (they claim) is 50$ i should plan for 500??

Ask if you can have it shipped via USPS, it will save you a considerable amount of money. If your only choice is with UPS have it shipped by air.

http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

True. You can have it shipped expedited or air. Air is super expensive. You would probably pay atleast $200 for an exhaust.

Expedited rates are more expensive and pretty much just wave the brokerage charge. Then you are still expected to pay duty and tax and any other stupide chrges UPS or Fedex or DHL want to charge you.

Golks wrote:

Jason- wrote:

JBlack09 wrote:

Hmm so if my exhaust is 400 and shipping (they claim) is 50$ i should plan for 500??

Ask if you can have it shipped via USPS, it will save you a considerable amount of money. If your only choice is with UPS have it shipped by air.

http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

True. You can have it shipped expedited or air. Air is super expensive. You would probably pay atleast $200 for an exhaust.

Expedited rates are more expensive and pretty much just wave the brokerage charge. Then you are still expected to pay duty and tax and any other stupide chrges UPS or Fedex or DHL want to charge you.

Your best bet would be to have it shipped USPS.

Jason- wrote:

Golks wrote:

Jason- wrote:

JBlack09 wrote:

Hmm so if my exhaust is 400 and shipping (they claim) is 50$ i should plan for 500??

Ask if you can have it shipped via USPS, it will save you a considerable amount of money. If your only choice is with UPS have it shipped by air.

http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

True. You can have it shipped expedited or air. Air is super expensive. You would probably pay atleast $200 for an exhaust.

Expedited rates are more expensive and pretty much just wave the brokerage charge. Then you are still expected to pay duty and tax and any other stupide chrges UPS or Fedex or DHL want to charge you.

Your best bet would be to have it shipped USPS.

Yes it would be....BUT and I say BUT. They may not take an Exhaust system because it is too large/heavy.

Also from experience, companies in the states hate shipping with USPS because of their tracking and claims system. Also companies have to pay for Pickups while the private companies pick-up for free.

lol k i sent autotech an email asking if they could possibly give me a close estimate as to the final price including shipping taxes and duty and what not. If they say they can't figure it out then they obviously aren't trying that hard to sell there shit. Hopefully their reply will be quick

JBlack09 wrote:

lol k i sent autotech an email asking if they could possibly give me a close estimate as to the final price including shipping taxes and duty and what not. If they say they can't figure it out then they obviously aren't trying that hard to sell there shit. Hopefully their reply will be quick

that is probably the best thing you could do.

They probably won't be able to tell you how much duty would be, but an actual quote on shipping would help out. I have a hard time beleiving they would ship to Canada for 50 dollars.

That sounds like a domestic rate to me.

Yeah i donno i only found that out becasue i filled out the form like with my address and all that stuff as far as i could until it asked me for a method of payment and they said shipping to the address givin was like 52..

Do online stores like this accept paypal? Or just credit card only?

Harper wrote:

Do online stores like this accept paypal? Or just credit card only?

Some do. Some don't.

K autotech replied, they said bout one hundred to ship to canada plus what the border charges, so i guess im looking at about 550/600 then?