Bilstein PSS9s from the US...Am I missing something here???

[pepejesus]

Worth looking at shipping them over as pairs say a month apart.

You'll get away with both duty and GST as they'll be under the magic $1000 mark per order - just factor in the extra shipping costs beforehand to make sure its worthwhile.

Great idea,otherwise you need to add heaps for duty, 15% and GST 10% so REAL cost = Cost of goods AND freight Plus 15% Plus 10% on that total.

Yes you pay GST on the duty and the freight, talk about double taxing!!!

Peter

Just ask them to declare the value of the goods at less than $1000... I've ordered plenty of things from the US and Japan and never once had a problem with duty.

All you've got to do is ask ;)

[hamish71]

Actually, I did ask....and tire rack wasnt interested, and....wanted a wire transfer instead of credit card (wire transfer is pain in the arse and costs).
However shox.com were happy to do whatever was necessary. End result - PSS9s landing on my door monday at a cost of $1485.00!

[pcmx5]

[However shox.com were happy to do whatever was necessary. End result - PSS9s landing on my door monday at a cost of $1485.00![/quote]

Well done Hamish, was that US or AUS $$$?

Peter.

[AB7]

Wow thats cheap!!!..How much did they charged you for shipping?

[marcusus]

Holy crap! That's really cheap, irrespective of if it's AU or US. Although it'd be all the sweeter if it was AU.

[greenMachine]

Just ask them to declare the value of the goods at less than $1000... I've ordered plenty of things from the US and Japan and never once had a problem with duty.

All you've got to do is ask ;)

However shox.com were happy to do whatever was necessary

Actually, that's called fraud ... ... lots of people do it, but the smart ones don't brag about it on internet forums.

[hamish71]

1250 odd for the coilovers, 170 odd for shipping