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My fees were as follows:

Airline Document fee 25.00

International terminal fee ex CTO 25.00

Air Cargo automation fee 15.00

Agency, Customs clearance and handling 150.00

Delivery 44.00

Duty/GST 122.75

Sub Total : 381.75

Tax 25.90

Total Due $407.65

My fees were as follows:

Airline Document fee 25.00

International terminal fee ex CTO 25.00

Air Cargo automation fee 15.00

Agency, Customs clearance and handling 150.00

Delivery 44.00

Duty/GST 122.75

Sub Total : 381.75

Tax 25.90

Total Due $407.65

Just checked with Virgin Blue - I could have flown return to NZ from Adelaide for $224.80 each way and probably claimed the sideskirts as part of my luggage.

Can anyone with experience importing confirm these figures, or am I just getting screwed.

4door_Sleeper,

According to your breakdown, the Tax component (duty + GST) is only $122.75

The rest is made up of all sorts of charges, which I wouldn't know whether they are legitimate or fair.

It certainly looks like you are being taken for a ride though.

so the $14000 tax they took from my pay this year isnt enuff? if the country needs money for stuff why spend millions on the olympic athlets etc? so bigfoot can win medals for us?

i dont mind paying tax, but when it goes to useless crap it shits me. and theres nothing we can do, so no point in crying about it....

steve

well be thankful your not dodging bombs.....there is worse countries than this place...some people cant even afford to put food in there mouths or shoes on there feet in other countries....and its not there choice to be like that...be thankful for what you have...

si dont mind paying tax, but when it goes to useless crap it shits me. and theres nothing we can do, so no point in crying about it....

steve

I agree it grates when taxes are spent on useless crap, like that $3 tax rebate the government gave us. Woo... three whole bucks.

But there is something you can do: vote for someone that has policies you care about. This is after all a democracy, and even if the person/party doesn't win, at least you have shown your opposition to the status quo and your support for the other person/party.

:P

LW.

Problem is that there are so many "I will always vote for x" that it'll pretty much always be a Labour/Liberal-run country. Pity, because both parties are full of absolute c0ckmasters.

  • 2 weeks later...

Those taxes go towards checking out your stuff to make sure your "stuff" isn't bring in any extras.

For example drugs... Bombs... some other crap people don't know about...

Also pays for the wharfs or airport fees etc, as you seem to have had them brought in via air, you get charged extra for that, but you just save time.

Sea is cheaper but takes longer to get to you.

A legal way to get around it would be to claim they are a gift to you from someone else, if you can get them to ok it, you don't pay for any customs or import duties, but I'm not sure what the limits are, also only ment to do it 1-2 times a year.

Other wise just pay the money.

I just got some stuff sent over from Hong Kong also, and on the customs declaration the company marked it as a gift, which seems to work good.

4 door sleeper you can get in contact with customs and tell them the skirts were sent to you as a sample, which does not have any import tax associated with it, and get that $400 back which is BS for 2 bits of fiberglass.

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