Buying gear in the US

gclark8

Now there's an idea, see what the US bike shop will swap you for a carton.

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Jeytown

you know its interesting


its not just cycling its across the board food clothing cars

but its simply econmics on different scales

if you lookk at the wage a common american gets compared tro the price they pay for things its not too different to the common australian with what they get

remember year 9 econimics

when i went to america its great because you got tourist dollars

so yes its cheaper
but if we had no income protection
loose ohs practises
low taxation rate
double dipping government sectors
and a vicious employmnt sector that does not foster growth
................

mmmmmmmm

starting to sound familiar

anyway apples with apples

SpiderJ

I'm not sure about stuff from the US, but for anything from the UK, like probikekit, if you spend over a threshold of $1000 AUS your parcel will be held up for checking by customs, anything under that they won't look at and it will come in "under the radar".

Frames and Forks I think are liable for a 5% customs duty, everything else is duty free, HOWEVER if you do spend over that $1000 mark you will be hit for GST at 10% and a $50 handling charge.

So to keep it simple - don't spend over $1000! Or if you do, check your sums after GST against an LBS cost!

vazzwells

I recently made my 2nd purhcase with probikekit. Purchased some Mavic ES wheels when their 10% sale was on a month or so back, total price came in just over the $1000 threshold and recieved it at my door with not GST or duty charged within the week of ordering, whether it was pure chance customs didn't charge me the costs as all the invoicing was still in pounds or they just don't have the resoucres to check all incoming goods... either way I was pleased and will buy again from probikekit,