Shipping to Canadian address from S@H, import duties?

[Big G]

Any Canadians who are regular users of Lego's Shop at Home service, could you answer a query for me please?

Basically I want to send a gift to my uncle in Vancouver.  I tried using the US S@H site and it wouldn't let me put in a Canadian address, so I went to the Canadian S@H site and with the exchange rate currently the price for the gift is within a dollar or two of the US price.  Lego will ship it free of charge to the Canadian address but it ships from the same Southaven MS location as deliveries to the US.  So, as it's being shipped across an international border am I going to get hit with customs charges, or is everything covered by the fact I'm being charged VAT on the order?

 

[dr_spock]

I haven't had to pay duties on any of the S@H orders I have placed recently.  They were shipped from the USA. LEGO may have a broker to handle all that import stuff and the costs could be buried in their cost of doing business.

 

[Benylin]

I've ordered many times from s@h canada(from canada), never paid duties. all orders came from the Southaven,MS address. 

[Big G]

OK, thanks.  That's what I suspected, hopefully he'll get a surprise next week.  He might not have touched a Lego brick since his kids actually were kids back in the 90s but as a car nut I'm sure he'll enjoy the Caterham