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On 16 Sep 1998 23:35:58 GMT, Tim O'Connor
<rnuto@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au> wrote:

>Im after a US online dealer that will ship goods to Australia.  Nearly all
>the dealers ive found on pricewatch dont seem to.  (I want a Diamond viper
>v550)
>
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>~   Timothy O'Connor, Multimedia programmer for the Faculty of Nursing,  ~
>~   RMIT.  All opinions expressed are my own, and do not represent RMIT. ~
>~                            Who's the bad guy?                          ~
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>  
www.astak.com and www.computer123.com bothe ship to australia

till

In aus.computers.ibm-pc bah <bah@not.com> wrote:
> www.astak.com and www.computer123.com bothe ship to australia
www.computer123.com want to charge $53 USD to send a small SCSI card.
Think Ill give it a miss! (Unless their charge calculator is broken - I
routinely get 6 or so DVD's send, and it costs about $9)

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~   Timothy O'Connor, Multimedia programmer for the Faculty of Nursing,  ~
~   RMIT.  All opinions expressed are my own, and do not represent RMIT. ~
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Try http://www.thechipmerchant.com

They are very good and cheap as well.   also covered by international
warranties


Tim O'Connor wrote in message <6tpi0u$kpn$1@aggedor.rmit.edu.au>...
>Im after a US online dealer that will ship goods to Australia.  Nearly all
>the dealers ive found on pricewatch dont seem to.  (I want a Diamond viper
>v550)
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>~   Timothy O'Connor, Multimedia programmer for the Faculty of Nursing,  ~
>~   RMIT.  All opinions expressed are my own, and do not represent RMIT. ~
>~                            Who's the bad guy?                          ~
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>

On 17 Sep 1998 04:42:00 GMT, Tim O'Connor
<rnuto@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au> wrote:

>In aus.computers.ibm-pc bah <bah@not.com> wrote:
>> www.astak.com and www.computer123.com bothe ship to australia
>www.computer123.com want to charge $53 USD to send a small SCSI card.
>Think Ill give it a miss! (Unless their charge calculator is broken - I
>routinely get 6 or so DVD's send, and it costs about $9)

via ups for $9? i seriously suspect not

In aus.computers.ibm-pc bah <bah@not.com> wrote:
> via ups for $9? i seriously suspect not
Not sure if its ups, but I place an order and 4 to 5 days later it
arrives.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~   Timothy O'Connor, Multimedia programmer for the Faculty of Nursing,  ~
~   RMIT.  All opinions expressed are my own, and do not represent RMIT. ~
~                            Who's the bad guy?                          ~
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Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???
Because it comes through Australia POst or what not does that mean you dont
have to pay any taxes.

Thanks in advance

Barry Anderson wrote in message <906007015.4746@karri.southwest.com.au>...
>Try http://www.thechipmerchant.com
>
>They are very good and cheap as well.   also covered by international
>warranties
>
>
>Tim O'Connor wrote in message <6tpi0u$kpn$1@aggedor.rmit.edu.au>...
>>Im after a US online dealer that will ship goods to Australia.  Nearly all
>>the dealers ive found on pricewatch dont seem to.  (I want a Diamond viper
>>v550)
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>~   Timothy O'Connor, Multimedia programmer for the Faculty of Nursing,  ~
>>~   RMIT.  All opinions expressed are my own, and do not represent RMIT. ~
>>~                            Who's the bad guy?                          ~
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Andrew Morgan wrote in message <6uj2m6$l5o$1@usenet44.supernews.com>...

> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???

Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.

But if the sales tax due is less than $50, they dont bother to charge it.

> Because it comes through Australia POst or what
> not does that mean you dont have to pay any taxes.

Thats right. Tho they can be rather erratic and some stuff
doesnt get charge sales tax even when that is over $50.

When stuff is imported using one of the other carriers like say
FedEx, you are much less likely to not get charged what is due.

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 08:42:50 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote:

>
>Andrew Morgan wrote in message <6uj2m6$l5o$1@usenet44.supernews.com>...
>
>> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???
>
>Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
>on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.

Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?

If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240 would I
end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????

this is madness... of course, with the GST it would only be 10% - yeah
right.......

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 23:43:08 GMT, alanr@tig.com.au (Alanr) wrote:


>Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?
>
>If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240 would I
>end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????
>
>this is madness... of course, with the GST it would only be 10% - yeah
>right.......

heh gst will come in if you believe that

last time i imported and paid tax on stuff it was 

the price of the good + $30 inspection fee + shipping + 22.5 % of the
price of the good [ie it's declared value]

bah 

In article <360ecc69.66413320@news.tig.com.au>,
  alanr@tig.com.au (Alanr) wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 08:42:50 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >Andrew Morgan wrote in message <6uj2m6$l5o$1@usenet44.supernews.com>...
> >
> >> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import
taxes???
> >
> >Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
> >on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.
>
> Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?
>
> If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240 would I
> end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????

No, he's saying the sales tax is calculated on 120% of the purchase price. So
if you bought a Riva for $A 240, and the sales tax was 22%, you'd pay
1.2*240*.22 =$63.

So what are the complicated reasons?

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Alanr wrote in message <360ecc69.66413320@news.tig.com.au>...
> Rod Speed <rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote:
>> Andrew Morgan wrote in message <6uj2m6$l5o$1@usenet44.supernews.com>...

>>> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???

>> Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
>> on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.

> Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?

120% of the converted price, which isnt quite the same thing.

> If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240
> would I end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????

Nope, you'd pay sales tax of 22% on 120% of the
converted price. 120% of the converted price of A$240
is $288, so you'd pay sales tax of 22% of that, $63.

Total cost to you of $303.

> this is madness...

It would be if it was true, but it isnt.

> of course, with the GST it would only be 10% - yeah right.......

Yep, right.

glocock@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <6umu5e$40s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>  alanr@tig.com.au (Alanr) wrote
>> Rod Speed <rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote
>>> Andrew Morgan wrote

>>>> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???

>>> Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
>>> on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.

>> Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?

>> If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240
>> would I end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????

> No, he's saying the sales tax is calculated on 120% of the
> purchase price. So if you bought a Riva for $A 240, and
> the sales tax was 22%, you'd pay 1.2*240*.22 =$63.

Yep.

> So what are the complicated reasons?

Its basically an attempt to make it comparable to local purchases tax
wise. Some bureaucratic insanity to do with a purported retail price etc.

>Cheers         Interested in efficient electric wheel-motors?
>Greg Locock    http://www.tip.csiro.au

Your usename did turn into a rather hilarious contraction |-)

Alanr <alanr@tig.com.au> wrote in article
<360ecc69.66413320@news.tig.com.au>...
> On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 08:42:50 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> >
> >Andrew Morgan wrote in message <6uj2m6$l5o$1@usenet44.supernews.com>...
> >
> >> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import
taxes???
> >
> >Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
> >on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.
> 
> Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?
> 
> If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240 would I
> end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????
> 
> this is madness... of course, with the GST it would only be 10% - yeah
> right.......
> 
120% my ass, it's only 47%  the most i've had shipped in was $150 US worth
of DVD's and i wasn't charged anything.

you can get the company to put an invoice on the package to say it's only
worth 1/2 of the actual price, they'd prob do it.

Gareth.S wrote in message
<01bdee05$fba0aba0$869020cb@Gareth.smec.com.au>...
>Alanr <alanr@tig.com.au> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rspeed@dragnet.com.au> wrote
>>> Andrew Morgan wrote

>>>> Whe ordering from international stores what is the deal with import taxes???

>>> Basically you pay the sales tax on entry. And thats calculated
>>> on 120% of the converted price for complicated reasons.

>> Sorry, but is this correct?  120% on the converted price?

>> If I want to buy a Riva TNT from the US @ $US 139 = $ AUS 240 would I
>> end up paying another 120%! ie total of $528????

>> this is madness... of course, with the GST
>> it would only be 10% - yeah right.......

> 120% my ass, it's only 47%

Thats just stating the percentage a different way.

> the most i've had shipped in was $150 US
> worth of DVD's and i wasn't charged anything.

Yeah, they often dont bother with the low
priced stuff, particularly if it comes in by post.

> you can get the company to put an invoice on the package
> to say it's only worth 1/2 of the actual price, they'd prob do it.

Most wont, largely because they have completely automated invoicing systems.
Some certainly will. One bugger was so keen that he took all the identification
stuff off the item, and posted that separately, without me even asking.