Thread: arb winch bars $1100 new bull bars cheap!

i was googling disco bull bars and found these
Expedition Exchange Incorporated :: Vehicle Exterior

Find it hard to swallow that they are made in Australia, but are $700 dearer here.

Just tried ordering one and shipping to my door is only $170.00 - should i try? and see what happens??

Duty is determined on the Customs value of the goods. The Customs value of the goods is usually the amount you paid for your goods, converted to Australian currency. The exchange rate that is used is the rate applied on the day the goods were posted or exported.

to get around this have the invoice written in $A. Most sellers are more than willing to do this and even write it down to an agreed value and also absorb freight costs into the goods or I've even had the freight written down. Still paid full price but in a separate transaction and gave freight written up as "free freight special offer"

GST is paid on the Value of the Taxable Importation (VoTI).

The VoTI is the sum of:

the Customs value (Cval) as calculated above
transport and insurance cost (or postage and insurance) (T&I)
any duty payable, plus 5% of Cval

GST is payable on the total of the above calculation so that's why it's in your interest to minimise your on paper costs. You are also FAR better off to get your delivery door to door not door to airport. Get comparable quotes and the airport delivery will be cheaper but the difference is you still have to pay fees and clearance at this end, it's easy for the sender because they just stick the paperwork in the box and ship. It took me 3 days and an extra $300- to clear my gearbox when it came in door to airport. The winch was the same freight costs(door to door & $300-) vs $300- door to airport, only arguing and religiously checking and questioning everything got my locally fees down to $300- from over $700-. The winch was valued higher on the invoice but didn't get reviewed as it was one company door to door the company does a SAC so the decided it wasn't worth the effort as they had been paid a fixed rate to get it delivered.

So to sum it up;

<$1000- by post, nothing payable & no paperwork.
<$1000- & by freight, nothing payable but Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) required
> $1000- by post, SAC required and duties/GST payable as assessed by customs who will send out a notice of assessment before goods will be released.
> $1000- by door to door freight. Freight Co are paid to do all clearing and all fees except as detailed in above calculations are paid.
>$1000- by door to airport. Freight Co are paid to pick up and get it to the destination country by whatever means, so it could change planes, go via Dubai, Amsterdam and Moscow. Every time it gets touched by someone else there's another fee and more paperwork to clear at this end. This is where I got sting and only avoided it because the email from DHL global detailing the departure, airway bill etc didn't detail any fees payable except at the destination end, because the freight co adds these to their "charges" at this end all you see are things like "electronic clearing fee $450", "paper handling fee" $230-, "envelope fee" $75-. All these fees are then added to your goods costs and you I pay local GST on "services"that happened in another country.