Why??

[Twisted67]

I JUST SPOKE TO CUSTOMS TODAY AND MENTIONED IF I WAS TO GO TO THE STATES AND PURCHASE "GOODIES" FOR MY CAR AND BRING THEM BACK WITH ME I WOULD BE CHARGED IMPORT DUTY OVER THE $900 ALLOWANCE PER PERSON AND GST.
BUT IF I SENT THEM BACK VIA POST OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD MAKING SURE THEY ALL DIDNT ARRIVE BACK INTO THE COUNTRY AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD BE IMPORT AND GST FREE UNDER A $1000 PER PACKAGING INCLUDING POSTAL COSTS.
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS??THEY KNOW THAT THAT I WANT "ALL" THESE "GOODIES" BUT WONT LET ME BRING EM BACK WITH ME AT ALL THE SAME TIME!!!
AND IF THE GOODS WERE ALL MADE IN THE U.S. WONT THEY ALL COME UNDER THE F.T.A. ANYWAY OR IS THAT TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUE??
IVE HAD A QUICK LOOK ON THE CUSTOMS SITE AND WASNT ABLE TO DECEIFER ANYTHIN THAT I WAS AFTER.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4226

CAN ANYONE SHED ANY LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE OR HAVE ANY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WOULD BE GREAT???:confused:

[blackoutsteve]

Who knows the rhyms & reasons behind their rules.. Just find their loop holes and jump through them!:p ;)

[USA-69Z]

Paul , im thinkin' this would be your rims? I brought well over $5000US worth of stuff in 3 suitcases recently , All that happened is they weighed them at the airport ,of couse i knew they were over..and they slugged me for $100 US for excess baggage weight. Going by the limits with virgin atlantic i worked out i was getting slugged a lot more. Im not sure how they settled on only $100 bux???
And when we arrived home in OZ they sent us thru the express by-pass exit with no checks at all of our baggage???

Work that out?

my Advice-spread the weight out between bags even ,do nice packing and go for it:eek:

[AUSCAMARO]

Yeah, just run like hell Paul!!!

[Twisted67]

Paul , im thinkin' this would be your rims? I brought well over $5000US worth of stuff in 3 suitcases recently , All that happened is they weighed them at the airport ,of couse i knew they were over..and they slugged me for $100 US for excess baggage weight. Going by the limits with virgin atlantic i worked out i was getting slugged a lot more. Im not sure how they settled on only $100 bux???
And when we arrived home in OZ they sent us thru the express by-pass exit with no checks at all of our baggage???

Work that out?

my Advice-spread the weight out between bags even ,do nice packing and go for it:eek:

YEAH IM TRYIN TO GAV??
IF I DECLARE IT WE GET SLUGGED WITH DUTY N GST AND IF WE DONT AND GET CAUGHT THE GEAR GETS SEIZED!!!!
F#"K,S*"T,BUGGER AND AHHHRGH!!!

[EAT-30T]

firstly... grab a beer

secondly .. relax

thirdly... caps lock OFF

finally.. what steve says!!!

V

Who knows the rhyms & reasons behind their rules.. Just find their loop holes and jump through them!:p ;)


LOL stuff em they don't need to know what you are up to.... lol

[rodent]

What he said......

http://www.jacobfoshee.com/wages/caps_lock.jpg

http://www.treehugger.com/caps-lock-priveldges.jpg


I bought a heap of stuff through customs a few years ago in suitcases worth around 6-7k US, guy I bought the gear from me gave some realistic yet fudged invoice :D Handed my $1200 worth of invoices over to Customs and they blew me off :cool:


Keep in mind, if Customs catch you bull****ting you may just get fined and you'll have a black mark against your name as long as your arse points to the ground :(

[Twisted67]

I've decided to get most of the tuff sent out via USPS and the rest we will bring back ourselves,so thanks for the advice steve and everyone else!!!!!

And about the caps lock thing.... i write in capitals so its weird when i see my typing in upper n lower case.Sorry to all that i've given the ****S to by writing this way!

Ahhhhhh
Now where's that beer????

Paul

[EAT-30T]

Paul

It's cool no one has the sh*ts.... only you will if you can find yourself a beer!!


lol