Why don't we pay GST on imported stuff?

[ducatilover]

Damn this thread is making me ill

Honda convention! Faaaaantastic

[mashman]

Can you just feel the love..?

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Honda convention! Faaaaantastic

back scratching only ever leads to one thing...

[98tls]

Damn this thread is making me ill

A family outing,thats lovely dear.

[Voltaire]

Amen to that,How many older motorcyclists like myself rarely bother even going into a motorcycle shop these days after to many times walking through the door after advice which would lead to a purchase once given the right advice only to when after asking a question relevant to the motorcycle brand the whole business premises you just entered is built around you receive a blank stare surrounded by pimples.Next time you want something would you even contemplate going back.

+1 to that.....in fact bricks and mortar shops are my last resort......anyone who remembers the 70's and 80's will have no sympathy for 'wholesalers" and other leaching middlemen.

[Robert Taylor]

BUT, regardless of the disinterested pimplies in too many shops if you pay gst ''over the counter'' then it is only fair and proper that you should also pay gst on imported goods.

How many imports arrive with falsified invoices? How many reading this thread have colluded in such activity?

[RuoskaNZ]

Iridium plugs from anywhere in NZ, $35+ea
$7.50ea from the states.
Its just fkn stupid.

[ducatilover]

BUT, regardless of the disinterested pimplies in too many shops if you pay gst ''over the counter'' then it is only fair and proper that you should also pay gst on imported goods.

How many imports arrive with falsified invoices? How many reading this thread have colluded in such activity?

When I ordered the 300cc kit for my rubbish little GN, with a huge bunch of extras thrown in, I got it for the same price as a non OEM standard size rebuild kit and OEM gasket kit. I'd happily have paid GST on it, except it was all less than $200usd.
Suzuki prices were taking the piss, $70 for a chinese made cam chain? $7us from the bunch who make it.

[gammaguy]

I buy a lot of sporting gear from the states.
Most of what I'm buying can not be found in NZ,and what little can is bought from exactly the same people and is then on sold here at around 100% mark up by the one shop that brings it in.
The GST on any shipment over $400 is the same for the shop that brings it in as it is for me.
I do keep my shipments under $400 where I can but on larger items which I only buy once every two years or so,I get stung by customs every time.
The funny thing is the one shop that does bring in the gear I buy myself,provides such poor service that it was them that got me buying it in for myself in the first place.
Up until then I was buying from them,so they have no grounds for complaint.
Again,if I order from this one shop they more often than not get my order wrong,and then it can take two weeks to turn up.
But direct from the American supplier,it's "always" been correct and always get's to my door in 7 days or less,,,every time.
Fuck the shops,,this is the new world they created.

I used to buy some of my products from a NZ importer.

Things went well and I sold out of the product,so I went back to the importer and bought more.

I sold out again.This went on for a while until I went back to them and wanted all their remaining stock.They refused to sell to me "because it was unfair on their other customers"

bollocks

So now I import the product direct from the manufacturer my self,and laugh when I hear NZ Importers moaning about "tough times"

Its a brave new world out there and standing still is not an option

[gammaguy]

well that didnt take long, less than a page to make another why is shit in NZ so expensive.
Ill summarise the last 50 threads like this for you.

its the price of living in paradise. get over it.

there are more than one paradise on the planet

and some are cheaper as well

[Voltaire]

Maybe its time for motorcycle shops to move with the times, I'm guessing the importers and distributors have 'arrangements' with the manufacturers just like the old days....

I tried getting some Ikon shocks out of the US but was 'directed ' to the Auckland suppliers......more internet searching got them out of Aussie, strangely the manufacturers are happy to deal direct...

The very piece of equipment that dumbs down the shop staff has become a very useful tool to the buyer.

Mr Taylors model is different, he is selling expert service, knowledge and products, that's his point of difference.

I worked for myself for a few years and it was service and experience that separated me from the rest.....but Kiwis as much as they like gold like cheap too......, as you would expect in a low wage

environment.

My industry is now taken over by immigrants so have moved on.

[nzspokes]

BUT, regardless of the disinterested pimplies in too many shops if you pay gst ''over the counter'' then it is only fair and proper that you should also pay gst on imported goods.

Which we do.

[JimO]

Perzackery! Your frontline staff is crucial to your success. They need to be knowledgable, friendly and interested in the customer.

so where do you get the money to pay the front line staff, or the money for the shop rent or mortgage, acc levies, commercial insurance, holiday and sick pay, power, water rates etc etc

[nzspokes]

so where do you get the money to pay the front line staff, or the money for the shop rent or mortgage, acc levies, commercial insurance, holiday and sick pay, power, water rates etc etc

From the product that you knowledgeable staff sell.

[JimO]

From the product that you knowledgeable staff sell.

o i see, but you lot expect them to sell the product at cost plus fuck all cos thats what you pay for it and i can buy it on ebay for that and your just a robbing cunt

[nzspokes]

o i see, but you lot expect them to sell the product at cost plus fuck all cos thats what you pay for it and i can buy it on ebay for that and your just a robbing cunt

Wow thats a hard sentence to read.

But yes, welcome to business in New Zealand.