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RTV Red mate, $15 a tube from SCA. Hope you didn't pay to much hahaOriginally Posted by SMOKEU
As far as NZ suppliers go. $2500 for wossner pistons and rods from the importer or 1300USD landed from the states and use the change for Youshop Fee and beer tokens
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I've asked the bike mechanic I go to, and on here, and the general consensus was that a new seal is the only way to go as anything else is just going to cause leaks again due to being incompatible with petrol.
Hardcore Biker
Try taking 30% off the MyUS prices, then compare. As I've said, the big savings come on multiple items as they do a good job of repackaging.
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
So when you know GST and maybe duty etc payable, how long has Customs taken to send you letter for the bill???
The one other time I had this the post mark showed the feckers didn't even manage to post the letter on same day they wrote it. roughly was about 3-4 days...
Done some googling and people about the web have stated its taken up to ten days for the letter to arrive in some cases. Some pretty choice feedback appears on youshop page with people hammering post about it as they do the letters on behalf of customs.
Me thinks some low level scribe does the task on only one day of the week or something.
Seems extraordinary for a govt dept to take so long to send you the bill...
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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Up to 10 days is common, yeah. Even trying to shortcut it has mixed results. The stupid letter has the details you require, the tracking number often changes once it hits NZ, so you need the letter to get the reference to pay the bill... meanwhile... they don't seem in any hurry. They have your goods, they know you want them, so what's the rush
mad thou rider
you can speed the process up a little by ringing every day. NZ post can give you the newly assigned NZ tracking number once it lands here, and that can be used to ring customs and find out if an invoice has been generated or not.Up to 10 days is common, yeah. Even trying to shortcut it has mixed results. The stupid letter has the details you require, the tracking number often changes once it hits NZ, so you need the letter to get the reference to pay the bill... meanwhile... they don't seem in any hurry. They have your goods, they know you want them, so what's the rush
If it has you can pay with CC on the phone several days before the invoice arrives in your letter box.
Last time I did this, the goods arrived on my doorstep two days before the invoice arrived in my letter box
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I'm trying ebay's global shipping atm, idea is the item gets shipped to some bloke in the US who pays NZ customs and then ships it to NZ where it doesn't incur the inspection fee/levy on account of the customs already being paid. Bit longer for shipping, but as long as it works as they reckon, it'll be a goer.
Seems like the logical progression of youshop etc, by adding the customs stage too.
Will let you guys know how it goes...
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
You get the feeling its a bit like this http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/gliding-on-1981 inside the customs office ;pUp to 10 days is common, yeah. Even trying to shortcut it has mixed results. The stupid letter has the details you require, the tracking number often changes once it hits NZ, so you need the letter to get the reference to pay the bill... meanwhile... they don't seem in any hurry. They have your goods, they know you want them, so what's the rush
Yeah tiger, I might try harassing them if nothing in mail tomorrow. My USPS tracking number comes up in posts website ok.
One time with some camera gear a broker from the shipper rang me direct and sorted it out over phone, kinda like what bogan mentions...
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
Well after poking them with an email it seems the letter was already in post and arrived today.
Goods arrived middayish Monday, poked, prodded and held by customs 24hrs later (Tues).
Tuesday NZpost generates a letter saying goods held.
Weds at 2.22pm Customs actually generates an invoice/ransom demand.
Obviously not actually posted till Thursday as arrived in fast[post envelope today...
On the plus side for some reason they haven't charged me GST on the postage, just the declared value of goods, sweet
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
Forum whore
That seems extraordinary to you? MAn, you haven't done much dealing with the government, have you?
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
Usually when it comes to the chance to extract money they are their with their lawyerjews and the hounds el pronto...
Goods released for delivery
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
Hardcore Biker
If you use a US freight forwarder then you miss out on all of the NZ Post drama as they usually ship using an international courier.
My best NZ Post story was when the carton got damaged and it took a week for their damage assessment section to unpack the carton and decide if the goods were damaged.
I did offer to come and unpack it myself...
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
A lot of international imports don't always go straight to NZ Post depot or whatever company you used. Often it will be packed in an airfreight bin with other goods and be unloaded at a customs bonded warehouse.
It would be entered into system as damaged pretty quick but whoevers job t is to go around and assess these claims prob has lots of places to visit during week etc so that explains your delay.
Some of these outfits are not so organised either. I used to turn up with customs clearance documents in a six wheeler truck to pick up released goods to ship down the line and sometimes it would take the feckers 20-30mins to find something. Imagine thousands of brown cardboard boxes with addresses in small writing scattered around a warehouse, even in location racking still a mission.
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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Ebay's global shipping came through for me. Product couldn't be shipped directly from amazon to NZ, but was similar price on ebay and with global shipping it was about the cheapest option out there, and since the customs man was paid his gst before it entered the country he didn't need to open in and charge the opening package fee.
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
Cool. Saw some good prices on Shoei visors but not allowed to sell outside usa... We should do a group buy of consumables at some stage. PMO that they charge a bio security levy and they didn't even open my box. Wonder if you ring up and say you found some exotic insect they missed do you get a refund
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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