I just imported some stuff and got collared for $73.00 GST. I can live with that....its the: Import Transaction Fee- $22.00 The GST on that great service- $3.30 Biosecurity Levy- $11.10 GST on keeping out the creepy crawlies- $1.67 Winners here: Some sweatshop owner in China Triumph Bloke selling me stuff in the UK Ebay Royal Mail Customs Maf Gummermint. Paypal Visa ASB.....did I forget any other leeches Losers Over staffed/priced, up the Khyber Bike Shop. People who probably made the items. service charges and middle men...sucking us dry.....
I made the mistake of saying i have bought a load of stuff from USA and never been charged before...they asked if I would like them to review the previous purchases.......
in my experience if you get the sender to state the value of the item is under $400 or package it so....maybe more than 1 package if necessary....... the greedy bastards dont seem to bother with the GST thing
I usually weigh up splitting against nabbed by the man.... I ordered two leather jackets and the post was the same for two...... still I have had a few successes... bit of a game really..... pay thru the nose here or run the Customs gauntlet..... bit of cyber jousting.
Courier arrived today carrying Triumph branded box up drive. Gave the Missus an early birthday pressy. all up around $600. Less than the price of one here
Very smart. Look good on the old bikes too. I got stung on my second ever parcel of parts from o'seas, that's two in a row! Yay Me! Hopefully I will not have to buy anything on the credit card over the web again. I've done my dash.
I didn't get stung on me clutch cable or clutch cut out switch, nor me other too numerous to mention items, OK, the fuel tap repair kits that DID have the diaphragms in em from P O M M E Land. But I know of a couple of guys who even after paying the taxes ( read thievery) still get their stuff Heaps cheaper than they can buy it e same item here.
As requested.
"in my experience if you get the sender to state the value of the item is under $400 or package it so....maybe more than 1 package if necessary....... the greedy bastards dont seem to bother with the GST thing" From memory the current "rule" is that they don't collect less than $50 GST, presumably because the cost to collect exceeds that tax collected. So the if the value of the item incl postage is over whatever $50 is 15% of then you also get hit for the other charges. Retailers are worried about the amount of online international purchases they are losing out to so they are currently lobbying parliament to get rid of the lower collection limit. If that happens then all the charges would apply to any import!! Hopefully common sense will prevail.
As requested again????????? lol.
Oops well thats a bit scary, if there is a moderator who wants to delete the two extra posts the world will be a better place
The letter from Customs did not mention a 'threshold" and just said all items imported pay GST. Seeing as they charge you for the pleasure I'm sure it will become more common. I don't feel sorry for retailers at all...back in the day they had it all sewn up...I used to look at US and UK mags and wonder how stuff could be so cheap......
the cost of recovery is more then the recovered GST on purchases under $50 or whatever it is.........but that will change..........
the cost of recovery is more then the recovered GST on purchases under $50 or whatever it is.........but that will change.......... Import Transaction Fee- $22.00 The GST on that great service- $3.30 Biosecurity Levy- $11.10 GST on keeping out the creepy crawlies- $1.67 $38.00 flat fee plus the GST..... I'd be pissed off it I had only spent $50.00 but the savings on importing is big ticket items.
This link gives a good run down on the current state of play, although a bit hazy on whether the threshold has dropped with the GST rate increase. http://www.consumer.org.nz/news/view...ransaction-fee
