New Member from the UK
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cheers JonW, I'm off looking for german fairing manufacturers
One day lad all this will be yours............
Re: New Member from the UK
Welcome to the Oz site Nick.
Well I guess we should be taking numbers for a group buy?Im def in for one full set.
Well I guess we should be taking numbers for a group buy?Im def in for one full set.
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Group buy, Club buy, Germanic Postman, whatever will get us there cost effectively. Taxman/Customs likely to need research.
In all honesty you can't get the original panels anymore in good condition at these prices. I'm happy to help co-ordinate, or store and redistribute within Australia if a large package or two arrives here.
In all honesty you can't get the original panels anymore in good condition at these prices. I'm happy to help co-ordinate, or store and redistribute within Australia if a large package or two arrives here.
Ex UK, now in Adelaide. LC250/350. DT175. Shed full of sh1t in the vague form of dismantled rusty RD’s and RZ’s.
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More postal info....
Aussie customs will charge GST / duty on any parcel with a declared value on the forms (usually on the outside of the box) of $1000 or above. If you insure it for 1500 and it says so on the side yet inside has a $25 part, even with an invoice saying $25, you still get charged imports on 1500. Customs dont have time to open, check and process every item, there are thousands each day.
The value of 1000 is the current rules, if you arrive in Aus on a plane etc its 900. Who knows why?! Gerry Harvey wants to lower the 1000 amount so we buy more cameras and mp3 players from him instead of getting them cheaper overseas, so maybe that amount will change over time. It wont go up put it that way...
If you lie on the forms its allegedly classed as fraud, though how that is actually proven is always a tough one in the industry. Very rarely does anyone go through a parcel of bike parts and decide that your declared value is wrong, its not like a consignment of brand new and easy to value Rolex's valued at $10each etc. Obviously declaring $100 on what would obviously be 10k of parts is just plain obvious... leaving the invoice of 10k inside, well... it happens everyday I'm sure. Who gets caught and how often is not reported.
Adding an invoice inside the clear plastic address label or in an envelope is no guarantee it will be read by customs, they dont have time usually to read past the original postage label with the value for insurance and/or declared value on it.
Couriers like Fed Ex will always (ALWAYS) charge you imports where they can, not every parcel that comes thru Auspost will be. FedEx will charge you more to do the processing than AusPost as well. Both charge a fee for the 'service'.
Interestingly FedEx will lie (I have proof hence i can say that) about the rules if they embark on the charging as they 'need' to get their revenue and will hold your parcel to ransom while you argue. Different business models, but I wont bore you with that LOL
Items imported and then returned for repair and then sent back can be hit twice for imports, keep paperwork and also do stat decs to prve prior ownership... but im not hopeful of your case. Even repairs under 1k can be charged on pre-owned items that are over 1k... thats not allowed really, but see the para above... say no more.
Exporting previously imported items that you have paid duty on will not get you a refund of import duty, it used to and it should but I dont know anyone who's had one in recent years.
Most shippers can charge you storage costs while you argue extra surprise fees. Dockside extra fees/charges are the worst, lets not go there. Post is simple compared to that LOL
Im not telling you anything you didnt really know here I am sure, As it says elsewhere... there are only three things we all have, an opinion, a tax bill and an a$$hole. LOL
Aussie customs will charge GST / duty on any parcel with a declared value on the forms (usually on the outside of the box) of $1000 or above. If you insure it for 1500 and it says so on the side yet inside has a $25 part, even with an invoice saying $25, you still get charged imports on 1500. Customs dont have time to open, check and process every item, there are thousands each day.
The value of 1000 is the current rules, if you arrive in Aus on a plane etc its 900. Who knows why?! Gerry Harvey wants to lower the 1000 amount so we buy more cameras and mp3 players from him instead of getting them cheaper overseas, so maybe that amount will change over time. It wont go up put it that way...
If you lie on the forms its allegedly classed as fraud, though how that is actually proven is always a tough one in the industry. Very rarely does anyone go through a parcel of bike parts and decide that your declared value is wrong, its not like a consignment of brand new and easy to value Rolex's valued at $10each etc. Obviously declaring $100 on what would obviously be 10k of parts is just plain obvious... leaving the invoice of 10k inside, well... it happens everyday I'm sure. Who gets caught and how often is not reported.
Adding an invoice inside the clear plastic address label or in an envelope is no guarantee it will be read by customs, they dont have time usually to read past the original postage label with the value for insurance and/or declared value on it.
Couriers like Fed Ex will always (ALWAYS) charge you imports where they can, not every parcel that comes thru Auspost will be. FedEx will charge you more to do the processing than AusPost as well. Both charge a fee for the 'service'.
Interestingly FedEx will lie (I have proof hence i can say that) about the rules if they embark on the charging as they 'need' to get their revenue and will hold your parcel to ransom while you argue. Different business models, but I wont bore you with that LOL
Items imported and then returned for repair and then sent back can be hit twice for imports, keep paperwork and also do stat decs to prve prior ownership... but im not hopeful of your case. Even repairs under 1k can be charged on pre-owned items that are over 1k... thats not allowed really, but see the para above... say no more.
Exporting previously imported items that you have paid duty on will not get you a refund of import duty, it used to and it should but I dont know anyone who's had one in recent years.
Most shippers can charge you storage costs while you argue extra surprise fees. Dockside extra fees/charges are the worst, lets not go there. Post is simple compared to that LOL
Im not telling you anything you didnt really know here I am sure, As it says elsewhere... there are only three things we all have, an opinion, a tax bill and an a$$hole. LOL