I'm sick from work, so I was looking at summits website, admiring the nice prices, but thought i'd calculate what the REAL price is, after order fee, shipping, duty, etc. So I made an excel file.

Put in your part, or at least the price, make a list of them, it gets cheaper the more parts you buy. Then it'll spread the shipping/order fee over each part. Then add on exchange rate (which is VERY favorable right now , then it'll add on a $4 duty fee, plus 7% tax, giving you a final, out of pocket charge per item. Nifty eh?
I figured some bored cheapskate such as myself would find this useful.

excel file

 

Do you need to pay duty on an item made in the USA?

 

No duty, only taxes, which are 7% only in Alberta, BTW. Maybe even not for long there.

You should add a +200% option for shipping via UPS instead of USPS.

 

ha! good point ape, maybe a "bend over now" label perhaps?
I made some of the values easy to change, like the exchange rate, but the tax value, you'd have to find it in one of my formulas...


I only paid the 7% tax technically. So far just on summit parts, which are made in USA. Never thought about duty fees, for parts that are made in china, then re-badged at summit...?

 

I put in an order tonight, and realized that I was calculating duty including shipping, which it does not! so I changed that to be accurate, and updated that in the link.
that spreadsheet is what I ordered tonight too, nifty eh?