Buying a part from a bike shop may become $24.75 more expensive

[MarkH]

A shop in the US ordering a part from Japan would be charged the same as a shop ordering from NZ, right..??

If a shop in the US orders through the US distributor then they might get a better price than a shop in NZ ordering through the NZ distributor. The US distributor will be putting a fuck tonne more business through from the Japanese manufacturer and they will sell enough volume to allow them to run a much lower mark-up. How could the likes of Blue Wing or Suzuki NZ match a US company?

[Robert Taylor]

Canon keep their prices around the world consistent and don't sell at cut prices to large markets/retailers.

I think the same would apply with genuine parts from the manufacturers..??? A shop in the US ordering a part from Japan would be charged the same as a shop ordering from NZ, right..??

Its very often very complex buying parts out of Japan and not only because of the language and cultural differences. They only understand the concept of multiples and will very often only sell in volume. A number of companies charge a processing fee irrespective of the size of the order, often it can be $NZ 50 or more. And then most will insist on only sending by air courier such as UPS, FEDEX etc. So the added costs are obscene.

[Voltaire]

I have just received a letter from Customs regarding some Bevel Drive Ducati parts I ordered.
As from July 1 there is a Customs fee of $22.75 plus GST on goods over $400.00
And sometimes goods under $400 will attract this 'fee' too.
And MAF they add on $12.50 including GST.
So an extra $ 37.25 on your imported goods.

Charges are on Goods and Shipping.

I understand the GST part on the Goods but a flat charge of $ 37.25!!!!!

Even if the local Ducati dealer sold these parts I'd still buy them from Bevel Heaven in the States because :
He doen't ignore me when I email him.
He dosen't try and sell me what he has rather than what I want.
He dosn't wear a stupid hat.
and I don't think he's tried to charge me $37.00 for an oil filter.

[avgas]

FYI; current grapevine is that NZ Customs have been told to find more revenue. Expect those people who under-declare the commercial value on their express (DHL, Fedex, etc) packages to be audited with more regularity.

Great (not). US Style declaration for shipping goods. Now its going to be twice as difficult for my RMA process sending stuff back to manufacturers.

I wonder if they will actually believe something has no value if I describe every RMA item as "Fucked"
e.g. Item: Fucked RTU - value $ : Fucking nothing its fucked

[avgas]

But 120 million. I mean shit, how much freight can such a small country be shifting? I suspect it's the enZed gubbernment mentality of tendering it out to an IT company to reinvent the wheel as opposed to simply copying/purchasing from our oZZie neighbours.

Come on scracha - you know the deal, 100 million will be to hire consultants who do nothing, 10 million will be for integration software with other countries...........and 10 million is for actual hardware, and its commissioning.

FYI some consultancy's are making a killing out of the recent rwc and supercity's..........

[Flip]

Well I wanted a rim 19" 40 spoke. They were either oos or $190. I ordered one $65 incl freight. Sorry local supplier, your 100% markup is just too much.

[Mully]

Great (not). US Style declaration for shipping goods. Now its going to be twice as difficult for my RMA process sending stuff back to manufacturers.

I wonder if they will actually believe something has no value if I describe every RMA item as "Fucked"
e.g. Item: Fucked RTU - value $ : Fucking nothing its fucked

Export stuff doesn't get hit with GST - but the returned product probably will.

Put "Faulty - returned for repair" on your export one and get them to write "Replacement" on the returned one - you should be getting any Duty back(if you've paid it) on export of the faulty one and paying it again on the replacement. (unless it's less than $50 and so on)

[Robert Taylor]

I have just received a letter from Customs regarding some Bevel Drive Ducati parts I ordered.
As from July 1 there is a Customs fee of $22.75 plus GST on goods over $400.00
And sometimes goods under $400 will attract this 'fee' too.
And MAF they add on $12.50 including GST.
So an extra $ 37.25 on your imported goods.

Charges are on Goods and Shipping.

I understand the GST part on the Goods but a flat charge of $ 37.25!!!!!

Even if the local Ducati dealer sold these parts I'd still buy them from Bevel Heaven in the States because :
He doen't ignore me when I email him.
He dosen't try and sell me what he has rather than what I want.
He dosn't wear a stupid hat.
and I don't think he's tried to charge me $37.00 for an oil filter.

If you are a legitimate distributor running a commercial operation the overall costs are higher. Dont complain, youre getting off lightly.

[ukusa]

parts I can fit myself I will still get from the US or Uk , as it's still cheaper even with duty, gst, levies, Customs, MAF, postage & exchange rate etc etc.
I would not however buy a part from overseas that I could not fit/install myself and expect my local shop (who could have supplied the same part) to fit it.