ATTN Canadians: Amazing Clair Parts Express ordering experience.
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ATTN Canadians: Amazing Clair Parts Express ordering experience.
ordered on Friday and received today (Tuesday) the following:<br>- left clear corner lens (previous one damaged in an accident)<br>- coinholder<br>- 3m headlight savers<br>- weathertech quattro sedan cargo liner<br>- cd cartridge<br>Total: US$183<br>Shipping (UPS ground): US$11 - NO DUTY, NO CUSTOMS BROKERAGE, NO TAXES<p>How incredible is 2 working days, and $11 for a 4'x1.5'x1.5' package?<br>To put it into perspective, I've previously ordered online from Autobahn Int'l, Tower Hobbies, Automotive Supermart, Musician's Discount Warehouse and CDNow and in all cases I was slapped with massive charges stemming from the reality of ordering from south of the border.<br>For example: For a $149 US piece of music software I ended up paying <br>Gov't charges:<br>$14.30 for GST (goods and services tax), <br>$14.21 for PST (provincial sales tax), <br>$2.17 Brokerage GST, <br>$0.28 COD GST Tax <br>Brokerage service charges:<br>$26.50 Entry Prep Fee<br>$4.50 Disbursement Fee<br>$4.00 CA COD Surcharge<br>All for a grand total of $65 on top of the shipping charge.<p>As far as the products go:<br>- clear lenses: oem bosch i.e. no hassles<br>- coinholder: as expected it required a little bit of trimming on the sides in order to fit in the armrest. No biggie.<br>- Weathertech liner: As JT (I believe) mentioned, if you have a CD changer you need to do a bit of cutting. So far I just cut along the holes for the cargo net rings, will be doing the fitting along the changer bit later on. What a difference in quality compared to the LLTek "Made In France" tray - try using a cargo net with that tray. And its pattern matches the OEM winter mats!<br>- headlight savers: they are pretty thick (2mm), and they fit great. Make sure your headlights are clean and warm when applying them on<br>- cd cartridge: it's a 6 cd cartridge pretty much<p>GusS<br>98.5 30v<br>No longer the perhaps lone A4 in the world with one European and one N.American corner lens.
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