On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Lawrence Johnson wrote:

> They aren't charging any customs duty. They are charging federal and provincial
> sales taxes. And these taxes are on goods NOT bought in the province or Canada
> even.
> It is probably illegal but you can't take the government to court.

It's not just Canada.  The state of Michigan insists you pay "use tax" on
items brought in from out of state sources.  The "use tax" is conveniently
equal to the Michigan sales tax.

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