Thread: anyone thinking about buying tools

The opening bid is $1250, so what happens with customs (GST, duty etc).

I read recently of someone (TombRaider?) who imported seats and skipped customs because it was less than $1000, but someone else got pinged when the value was over $1000.

Did you get it through without customs taking an interest?

Cheers
David

yep no customs charges or anything

don't know whether we were lucky or not but came straight to the door with dhl express no problems postage took a week and it was trackable

a well worth purchase as far as i'm conserned........

was very worried at first as the deal seemed a little to good to be true but i emailed the guy and he was really nice and helpful reassured me about the shipping etc.....

the only thing i can suggest is email him see what he says......

dullbird

If the buy price is over $1000 then you will most likely have to pay import duty and GST.

I have bought heaps of items from that seller and he is always good to deal with. Being a builder my tools get a hard time and I have trouble wearing out my Dewalt tools so I can buy new ones, infact none have worn out in more than 10 years so I just keep collecting new ones anyway. If you keep a watch on items you want and are not in a hurry to buy you often get an item at a really good price if no-one else bids on it.

Ian

Last angle grinder I bought was a Dewalt and the bleeding thing is made in china..go figurefrom bunnings

Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

Last angle grinder I bought was a Dewalt and the bleeding thing is made in china..go figurefrom bunnings

Thats the trouble, you went to Bunnings. All the tradesmen I know hate Bunnings and only go there as a last resort. Bunnings is designed to sell items to handypersons at inflated prices because they dont know any better and Bunnings advertising says they are always the cheapest!

Ian

Stuff me that is a good price, i just wish i had the cash to take advantage of it. If anyone is looking for power tools then Dewalt is the go, bugger the Makita that turned to crap years ago when they shifted their production from Japan to china to cut costs. As mentioned above the drill along with one battery is worth in the vacinity of $700, all that bought individually here in oz would cost upwards of 3-4k. Matt

Originally Posted by Ace

bugger the Makita that turned to crap years ago when they shifted their production from Japan to china to cut costs. Matt

Makita have picked up their game over the last couple of years and the quality is now comparable to Dewalt and usually at a slightly better price if you buy from the internet. The last couple of Makita battery tools I have bought were made in the US and UK and very good quality. (18 volt dustless metal saw and 18 volt battery drill)
I consider only 18 volt and above usefull for trade work.

Ian