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hello

my newly imported vehicle is in compliance presently. the complier wants to know if i want to pay a few hundred $s to have the vehicle registered first by a dealer, thus avoiding the possibility of viiu

i would like to know how frequent/whats the probability of a viiu...

appreciate your input & advice

regards

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Mr Eps Grand Master

Mr Eps

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i have no idea what a VIIU is. brb.

okay got it.

seems to me like your RAWS is kinda trying to pull a fast one... wait a sec. back back.

before i go any further - i'm not from your state, so i don't know how things "go down"

but anyway - this kinda sounds like a quick grab for a few extra dollars worth of fleecing on you.. not that i KNOW that for sure..

but your RAWS is saying that "either you pay us or you risk the gubberment spanking you"

keep in mind your RAWS is NOT the gubberment. they are NOT aligned with them. nor are they employed by them.

then again - they may make a phone call and bla bla bla.

basically - in my humble opinion. it sounds dodgy. some people do these sorts of things to play chess.

Iron Chef Grand Master

Iron Chef

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It serves a purpose, and if they're prepared to do it, then let them. If a car has mods on it, it's easier for them to register the car themselves and give it straight to you rather than pull everything off for your RWC then put it all back on again afterwards. The few hundred dollars is just for the rego, I'd imagine, given that dealers don't pay any stamp duty.

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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are you in NSW? if so the so called 'random vehicle identity inspections' seem to occur to EVERY privately registered import these days. it used to be random and I registered plenty of imports and did not get stung but over the last couple of years it seems much more common to get sent for the inspection. the downside is that A there are only a handful of inspection locations and they may be no where near where you live/work (expect to have to drive 30kms or more each way), and they keep weird hours. the closest one to me keeps hours of something like 6am to 12 midday 5 days a week, and even worse they are usually booked for weeks or even more than a month in advance and in the meantime you have no rego and have to wait. and then at the end of it all you still have to go back to the RTA again, line up AGAIN and go through the whole rego thing again. the stupid thing is they do the 'random lottery' thing right at the end of the rego process, so you'll do all the paperwork, answer all teh stupid questions, they'll print your rego label and get out your number plates and then at the last second tell you your stung. you'd think they'd do it first to save time.

and yes it's not un-usual for workshops to charge $100-$300 to register a car for you (on top of the rego costs) as it takes them a few hours 'labour' of going to get the blue slip, going to the RTA, waiting in line etc to get it all done.

it's up to you if you think whatever they are charging is worth avoiding the risk of the inspection. on the plus side you won't be double paying anything because they won't pay the stamp duty, you will pay it when you transfer it to your name.

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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yeah no worries. it's probably a bit different for everyone, but if you're busy and value your time, and you don't want to have the thing sitting around unregistered for another few weeks and you don't want any hassles then paying them the few hundred to do it for you is well worth it. The only extra cost is whatever you agree to pay them plus about $20 when you transfer the rego. everything else you still only pay once just like if you registered it yourself. I guess if you had a lot of free time and were counting every cent then you'd take the gamble but recently it seems there is 100% strike rate on newly complied imports so you'd have to be prepared for all the monkey work.

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