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lwells Grand Master

lwells

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do they acept chques?

If they are like 99 percent of businesses, they won't release the goods (ie. your car) until the cheque is banked and cleared. Assuming it gets banked on the day you pay it can still take 2-3 days to clear.

IMHO you are better off doing a direct deposit over the counter.

LW.

blacky Community Regular

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steve ask ucb if you can use direct deposit, straight to their account over the internet. I did it with my broker (Intergroup) on my last car. Made things that much easier. If i remember right the steam cleaning place is part of the docks, or at least not far away. Mine didnt need a clean even though it was dusty as, and some Japanese cricket creature was living between the coil packs...

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steve

Dont stress about the bill of landing

You should receive it in the mail by the end of this week

As for payment you can use direct deposit,cash or bank cheque.

I had the car delivered before I paid and then went to UCB and paid with a bank cheque.

Internet banking would of been easier however the limit for me was 2k

He'll send you an itemised invoice with all the charges by mail.

Quick tip,dont bother with picking the car up yourself,I had organised a tow but it wasnt

worth it when delivery was only $60 on a flat bed truck to my door

Cant tell you much about cleaning as I didnt need it done

As long as your interior is clean you wont have a drama.

The outside of mine was filthy when it arrived.

blacky Community Regular

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if you dont wanna fork out for towing just ring up the DPI here in Perth and get a temporary movement permit. Tell them your'e going from Freo to wherever else you wanna go (mates houses to show it off? :D ) then to your house.

It costs $14.95, pay by credit card, and it lets you drive it as soon as its ready!

lwells Grand Master

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If its anything like in Sydney, the car will have next to no petrol so take a jerry can of BP Ultimate with you so you at least have enough to get to the nearest petrol station.

Personally I don't think its a very good idea to drive the car, particularly if its been sitting in storage and/or waiting for a while to be shipped. Oils and lubricants (or rather, the special active ingredients in them) tend to break down over a couple of months. Plus you never know what the condition of the car will actually be like till you pick it up :)

LW.

lwells Grand Master

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ill check the oil and coolant etc before even starting the car. and even top it up  etc

steve

I am not talking about the oil and coolant levels, I am talking about the quality of the oil in the car. For starters it seems its a common thing in Japan to not bother servicing it properly if your about to sell it, so who knows how long its been since the last oil change (in terms of kilometres and time). Then there is the fact that its probably been sitting still for god knows how long waiting to be shipped: during that time the oil additives are likely to have broken down at least partially. Moreover, you have no idea what was put in last time and since its a reasonably expensive proposition if something goes bang, a tow job is not a bad idea IMHO.

LW.

saff_cossie Grand Master

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Seems your question has been answered but here it is from my experience when I did it.

Stuck car on Ship in the UK.

Paperwork posted to me in Aus.

Shipping company made contact with me confirming the arrival date as it was only an ETA on the paperwork posted over.

My broker who I knew personally kept me up to date so here is happened with him:

The broker had to book a time to collect the container (which wasnt opened). There is only about a 48hour window to collect it in otherwise it goes off to storage and incurrs hefty fees.

The take it to AQIS who do not know you from Adam so have to go through your broker as well.

AQIS were not allowed to open it until I was there (I wanted to check everything was intact and nothing missing incase of an insurance claim)

AQIS unpack it and inspect everything (in my case the car was packed full of personal belongings so they went through everything)

AQIS normally take a couple of days to do this, they then inform the broker.

I paid my fee to the broker including all taxes as they have already paid on my behalf to AQIS.

Once all is cleared financially, I arranged a flat bed to pick the car up and take it to compliance.

Job done.

Well just about! About 7 weeks later I recieved another invoice for $80 from my broker who had in turn been invoiced by AQIS for "Addtional Quarantine Fees". This was crap and I argued it with them as for all they knew I could have moved house, left the country.

HTH

saff_cossie Grand Master

saff_cossie

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Iwells - I didnt know that from the orginal post nor that the percentage was that high. Cheers for pointing it out. I shall leave my post incase it helps someone but if anyone wants it removed, PM me.

druzilla32 Mentor

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in answer to the thread question.

when my car arrived i was sent out an invioce with everythign i have to pay, including the towing to my door...

i have to wait about 10 days, the car will then be towed to my house.. Then have to tow the car to be complied, then rego, then fun

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