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Originally Posted by GooseHinson
Yea sounds about right. Still, expecting me to pay 280$ in duties alone for a bottle I otherwise spent 125$ on too it a bit much. The duties alone are more then the cost of the bottle here is my point. <3 monopolies.
Goose,
Those very same levies are built into the price of whatever is for sale at your local LCBO. The difference is that they are based on the cost that the LCBO is paying at source. As one of the largest purchasers of alcoholic beverages in the world, the LCBO tends to get a good price.
It almost never makes any financial sense for an Ontario resident to buy retail outside of Canada, unless they are travelling and have earned a customs exemption as a result.