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Harp Pricing, Quotes & Payment
Please Read This Page Carefully - It
is Important
This page outlines how you can acquire
a harp from West Coast Harps. There will be no surprises
if you read this page and the companion shipping options page. We state our pricing, payment and
shipping policies and the benefits therein. We keep our operational
costs and overheads very low in order that we can give you a very satisfactory
price. So read on....
Harp Pricing
Canadian
Pricing for Canadian Customers
Email
In-Stock & Custom Quotes
No Border Brokerage Fees for Canadian Customers
Non-Canadian
Customers
Payment Options
Payment
Options
Deposits
GST & HST Taxes
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CAD$ Canadian
Canadian Pricing for Canadian Customers
West Coast Harps endeavours to be price competitive with
your purchasing direct from the instrument maker in the USA. We
handle all the importation issues including brokerage fees
and other hidden costs while pricing our in-stock harps in CAD$. [Our custom instrument orders are priced in USD$ and give you a fixed cost at the time of purchase] This gives complete certainty of your total cost. Another advantage we offer is that
West Coasters can come and try the harp in our Studio prior to purchase.
Each instrument is usually "seasoned" in that it is kept in
tune while in our Studio allowing the strings to settle
into pitch. Nylon strings take a while to stop "stretching".
Minor tuning bugs and buzzes are also corrected. This is
an added service over direct purchase from the USA.
Email In-Stock Quotes
All the instruments for sale in our Studio are email quoted in Canadian Dollars [CAD$]. There are no financial
surprises once you receive your personal email quote as a
Canadian purchaser. No additional border, freight, taxation costs or misapplied duties to pay. In-stock email quotes are fixed for 7 days
for current stock including shipping costs and are subject to the continued
availability of the harp for sale. All website listed prices
are subject to change without notice. We do not reserve instruments
without your commitment to pay in a timely fashion. The email quote assumes the shipped instrument will be collected from the
specified shipping terminus in a timely fashion as additional
late pick-up/storage fees are your care.
Custom Order Email Quotes for instruments not currently in-stock are valid for 7 days given the extreme currency fluctuations we are currently experiencing. The custom quote will be in USD$. The Custom Order harp will be shipped to you from our Studio upon arrival in Victoria BC from the harpmaker and after our full inspection.
Check out our pitch about the benefits of purchasing in Canada through West Coast Harps.
No Border Brokerage Fees for Canadian Customers
All West Coast Harps floor harp, package harp and hammered dulcimer shipments to Canadian customers originate
from our Victoria BC Canada studio and are, therefore,
not "brokered" through the USA border after we ship to you. You pay zero border brokerage fees with a
West Coast Harps purchase as a Canadian customer. This
can be a considerable saving. For comparison purposes the UPS Canada brokerage fees are the least expensive option for USA sourced shipments from other harp sales outlets. A significant number of instrument shipments from the USA have additional misapplied duties made payable too irrespective of payment method. West Coast Harps does not ship with UPS. Nor does West Coast Harps dropship harps from the USA. We inspect every instrument we sell in our Victoria studio first before shipping to you as a quality assurance.
Non-Canadian Customers
West Coast Harps does not normally ship small, medium or
large floor harps outside of Canada.
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Payment Options
Payment Terms
West Coast Harps bears all the cost of the harp importation into Canada including the fluctuation in CAD$ exchange rates and sell with the lowest list price we are permitted.
Our margins are very tight. We keep our pricing structure as transparent as possible by offering you payment options.
We do not accept debit nor credit cards directly as their overheads would increase the harp's listed price by approximately 4% - we would rather pass the savings directly to you.
For all payments less than CAD$1000 or USD$1000 and immediate delivery we recommend Canada Post Postal Orders - we accept multiple orders for larger sums.
They can be bought with Cash or Debit only at your local P.O. for a $5.50 fee each.
We usually ship upon receipt of funds in the mail depending on harp and shipping availability.
We accept Interac Email Money Transfers available through your login at your bank's website.
Email Money Transfers are restricted to CAD$ only but are very fast and simple.
Each bank has a different daily limit so multiple transfers may be required for larger sums.
We usually ship upon receipt of funds depending on harp and shipping availability.
Bank Wire Transfers from your bank to our bank are our preferred method to transfer larger sums (CAD$ & USD$).
Your bank's service charges may vary from free to approximately $25 and the process is easily handled by your bank teller.
We usually ship upon receipt of funds depending on harp and shipping availability.
Paypal Money Request may be available with an additional 4% premium over the quoted price.
We gladly accept cash, cheques or bank cheques in the correct currency as quoted.
We reserve the right to wait for a paper cheque to clear at our bank before shipping.
Certified bank or personal cheques both clear in 21-30 days.
Our bank no longer differentiates certified cheques as being more reliable.
All cheque and postal order payments are preferred to be in the name of "West Coast Harps" with "Alison
Vardy" being an acceptable alternative. Thank you.
Deposits
West Coast Harps accepts a 30% NON-REFUNDABLE deposit in CAD$ on any instrument we currently have in stock in our Studio with final payment due in 60 days.
A 100% NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERRABLE deposit in USD$ will secure any custom
order harp that West Coast Harps does not have currently in-stock but orders by client request. Custom orders with a greater than a 3 month waiting period may have custom deposit terms arranged to suit circumstances.
GST & HST Taxes
Federal sales tax rules apply for all WCH sales in Canada - GST [5% in AB SK MB PE] or HST [12% BC / 13% ON NB NL /15% NS]. No provincial sales taxes will be applied against any purchase from West Coast Harps at this time.
Price Quotes with "+Tax" - Tax not included & applied to item as above.
Price Quotes with "Tax Included" - Tax inclusive prices for individual item as quoted with all Canadian sales taxes paid by WCH (GST, HST, PST/QST) irrespective of location in Canada.
Those who choose to purchase and import directly from a USA sales outlet will be subject to GST/HST/PST/QST as per their province on any goods handled
by Canada Customs plus substantial brokerage fees from any
cross border freight/ courier company involved. State taxes (IE: Washington/Seattle 9.5%) will apply if you purchase a harp in person in the USA as a cross border visitor plus Canadian taxes.
BC PST will be re-applied at a later date (2012?). QST/HST will also be applied on shipments to Quebec at a later date (2013.01.01?). |
