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  • Nilo
    Nilo
    2 years ago
    I got stung a few months ago when I bought two Amal carbys for the BSA's I'm restoring. The carby's cost me a bit over $1000 plus postage. In the end I had to fork out another $300 for the import duty/gst just to get the carbys, which pissed me off no end. Unfortunately I was unaware of the tax at the time.

    I know alot of members on this forum import parts for their bikes and wondered if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax if you order more than $1000 of parts. Could you ask the seller to list the parts at under $1000 on the paperwork even if they exceed that amount? or is just not worth the risk?

    Cheers
  • Hoodeng
    Hoodeng
    2 years ago
    Quoting Nilo on 02 Feb 2022 02:06 PM

    I got stung a few months ago when I bought two Amal carbys for the BSA's I'm restoring. The carby's cost me a bit over $1000 plus postage. In the end I had to fork out another $300 for the import duty/gst just to get the carbys, which pissed me off no end. Unfortunately I was unaware of the tax at the time.


    I know alot of members on this forum import parts for their bikes and wondered if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax if you order more than $1000 of parts. Could you ask the seller to list the parts at under $1000 on the paperwork even if they exceed that amount? or is just not worth the risk?

    Cheers

    'if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax'.

    ??
    I pay it on everything i bring in, so can everyone else.
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 years ago
    Quoting Nilo on 02 Feb 2022 02:06 PM

    I got stung a few months ago when I bought two Amal carbys for the BSA's I'm restoring. The carby's cost me a bit over $1000 plus postage. In the end I had to fork out another $300 for the import duty/gst just to get the carbys, which pissed me off no end. Unfortunately I was unaware of the tax at the time.


    I know alot of members on this forum import parts for their bikes and wondered if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax if you order more than $1000 of parts. Could you ask the seller to list the parts at under $1000 on the paperwork even if they exceed that amount? or is just not worth the risk?

    Cheers

    Quoting Hoodeng on 02 Feb 2022 10:28 PM

    'if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax'.

    ??
    I pay it on everything i bring in, so can everyone else.

    not if i can help it...
  • leachy
    leachy
    2 years ago
    Quoting Nilo on 02 Feb 2022 02:06 PM

    I got stung a few months ago when I bought two Amal carbys for the BSA's I'm restoring. The carby's cost me a bit over $1000 plus postage. In the end I had to fork out another $300 for the import duty/gst just to get the carbys, which pissed me off no end. Unfortunately I was unaware of the tax at the time.


    I know alot of members on this forum import parts for their bikes and wondered if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax if you order more than $1000 of parts. Could you ask the seller to list the parts at under $1000 on the paperwork even if they exceed that amount? or is just not worth the risk?

    Cheers

    If you bring them in one at a time you wont get charged or just sell them and charge GST. This is an argument I have with our customers everyday why are we so much more expensive than a USA online store.
  • John.R
    John.R
    2 years ago
    Quoting Nilo on 02 Feb 2022 02:06 PM

    I got stung a few months ago when I bought two Amal carbys for the BSA's I'm restoring. The carby's cost me a bit over $1000 plus postage. In the end I had to fork out another $300 for the import duty/gst just to get the carbys, which pissed me off no end. Unfortunately I was unaware of the tax at the time.


    I know alot of members on this forum import parts for their bikes and wondered if anyone knows of a way around paying the tax if you order more than $1000 of parts. Could you ask the seller to list the parts at under $1000 on the paperwork even if they exceed that amount? or is just not worth the risk?

    Cheers

    Quoting leachy on 02 Feb 2022 11:20 PM

    If you bring them in one at a time you wont get charged or just sell them and charge GST. This is an argument I have with our customers everyday why are we so much more expensive than a USA online store.

    Bit hard to advocate for fraud, but there are few retailers over that that are sympathetic to our plight and can get packages through with no taxes. I got done for the first time in my life a couple of months ago (DHL and their processes), after buying tens of thousands of dollars worth of stuff, well over the "1k" limits. 

    I generally stick to the one guy that has hooked it up over the last couple of years as he can get basically anything and I dont get stung customs.
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