Pricing law, returns, tax and delivery — written for people spending their own money. Every factual claim here links to its source.
Since June 2022 it has been illegal in Canada to advertise a price you cannot actually buy at. Here is what that changed, and why we rank every seller on the delivered total instead of the sticker.
Canadians widely believe the law guarantees returns within some number of days. It does not. Returns are a seller's promise — which is exactly why the promise is worth comparing.
Sales tax on an online order follows the buyer, not the seller. The spread runs from 5% to 15% — on a $500 order that is a $50 difference, and plenty of checkouts get it wrong.
Delivery is never free; it is priced somewhere. Understanding where changes which offer is genuinely cheapest — and why a basket from three sellers arrives in three parcels.