Online stores that ship to Canada (HK receiver)
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I've checked out a few on line stores that have the HK 7300 but do not ship to Canada. Any suggestions would be a great help in sorting out the electronics side of the HT system.
Thanks,
Troy
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Re: Online stores that ship to Canada (HK receiver)
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I didn't find any when I was looking for an HK... almost gave up but ended up finding a decent sale price at FutureShop. I doubt they carry 7300s though, even the 630 scared them a bit
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Re: Online stores that ship to Canada (HK receiver)
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I'm not sure of any stores that will ship here at all, and certainly none would honour the warranty. I got my Harman Kardon AVR320 used from a member of this forum. It came regular surface mail and I had to pay GST and PST but no duty or brokerage.
HK prices in this country are insane mostly due, as I understand it, to the Quebec distributor being very inflexible in their pricing.
My problem is I simply love the HK, my next unit will be an HK, but I'll be damned if I pay these outrageous markups. FutileShop usually offers a good price once a year at Christmas but that doesn't help you now.
Tyopical US price
OneCall - Harman Kardon AVR135 $399.99
Typical Canadian price.
FutureShop - Harman Kardon AVR135 $699.99CDN/576.27US funds.
That's way too much of a mark up for those of us north of the border.
Good luck with this.
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Re: Online stores that ship to Canada (HK receiver)
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Etronics carries HK http://www.etronics.com/ it's a borderfee site so they do ship to Canada. I'll look into this as well.
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Re: Online stores that ship to Canada (HK receiver)
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I just priced a Harman/Kardon AVR435 7 x 65W 7.1-Channel Receiver at etronics.
Here are the details:
US price: $599.95
CDN price $750.19
Duty: $45.01
GST: $58.51
PST: $63:62
Total Price delivered to my door $958.00
You price would vary as they need your postal code to give an accurate price, for what it's worth I'm in Burlington Ontario.
Futile shop didn't have a price for the HK but the AudioShop in Ottawa did, they want $1499.99 CDN and I suspect delivery is extra.
Thats a savings of over $500 assuming there are no problems with having the warranty handled in Canada.
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As far as warranty, I have read with the HK it has to honoured in country of purchase. Gambling a bit, but the warranty is only 2 years P&L. The NAD was 5 years P&L, but they are not sold online. Rotel is not sold online either.
As far as being in a hurry to purchase, I am waiting until my recroom is finished before buying. Too much gyproc dust!
I am also planning a trip through North/South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana near the end of June. I take it the retail stores in the States are more expensive then the online bargains on the net.
Thanks to all for your input,
Troy
M80
VP150
4-QS8
EP600
Monitor Audio S8
NAD T 773
Anthem MCA3 II
Hitachi 57" projection
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Oops there's also a matter of sales tax on the unit from AudioShop, so the savings are actually $767CDN
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I checked out etronics.com;
HK 7300------$1399
exch to CDN--$ 350
duty---------$ 0
Ship/handle--$ 108
GST----------$ 131
PST----------$ 0
total--------$1988
The original $3300 price(before tax), that I was given, without bartering, in winnipeg would cost me $atleast $1800 more. That is nuts!
Warranty and/or return shipping hastles or not, The internet shopping is the way to go.
Thanks for "that" address,
Troy
M80
VP150
4-QS8
EP600
Monitor Audio S8
NAD T 773
Anthem MCA3 II
Hitachi 57" projection
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Re: Online stores that ship to Canada (HK receiver)
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no provincial sales tax? lucky bastard .
I think I'd contact HK to see if the warranty can be transferredif you buy it from a "borderfree" site. That may be a possible exception.
Your "that is nut's" comment is spot on
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Troy,
When I ordered my Denon AVR-2105/885, it was either ecost or etronics. I settled with ecost as their price was cheaper.
Denon AVR-2105/885-$369.99
Exchange to CDN----$ 93.11
Duty----------------$ 27.79
Shipping-------------$ 32.37
Handling-------------$ 20.80
GST/HST------------$ 38.08
Total----------------$582.14
The cheapest price that I have seen locally was around $899.00 When you add the tax ($125.86) on to the $899 you end up with $1,024.86. In the end I have saved $442.72!!!
Money left over for some QS8's...
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