Icon "Retro Daytona" jacket, ex-Ebay / Flying Brian

**vagrant** · 25th September 2007, 23:56

Originally Posted by ywh0212

May I ask how much the shipping was?
I'm about to buy the same jacket and thinking of getting HJC AC-12 at the same time so might do the combined shipping..But would doing this incur gst from the customs? since its 2 new items coming and all?
Also hows the sizing of the jacket? does it fit as they say they do? (eg. L fits as a normal L etc)
Thanks in advance!

You will need to ring the Customs office and ask if duty is payable on whatever you want to order. Also ask them if any exclusions apply. For instance, there is duty on imported ski poles, but someone has applied for an import exclusion number, as there are no pole manufacturers in NZ.
If you can quote the exclusion number, the duty is waived.

Sounds a silly way to do it. I would just have removed the duty, and saved everyone the hassle and paperwork.

They have some other weird stuff too. Ski boots have duty on them because they are classed as "footwear" not ski gear, and it gets weirder, ladies ski boots get charged at the the full 17%, but there is a partial exclusion on mens ski boots, and they only get charged at 7%.

crazy.

GST is payable on the entire cost of the item. This includes the shipping and any duty payable. If the amount of Duty and/or GST will come to less than $50, then Custom does not normally charge it. Something about it costing more to process the paperwork for the transaction than what the fee is.

There is a list of fees here, http://www.customs.govt.nz/importers...ms+Charges.htm
But it does not cover everything, if its not listed, it would pay to ring and ask.

(some overseas stores "fudge" the declared value on the customs paperwork so you can avoid duty and gst

. If Customs suspect the value stated is incorrect, they will ask you for proof of purchase price, like a credit card bill for mail order stuff

. )

(I don't work for Customs,

just travel alot)