How do you work out the duty and customs fees when you buy wheelset overseas?

Let's say dura ace 7900 C50' CL's wheelset $1286 AUD, to buy em separate $733 AUD front wheel & $613 AUD = $1346 AUD.

What's the duty & customs fees for online purchases over $1200 AUD - is there a such thing?

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Permalink Reply by Martin Turner on July 10, 2012 at 10:59

In economics, a duty is a kind of tax, often associated with customs, a payment due to the revenue of a state, levied by force of law. It is a tax on certain items purchased abroad. Properly, a duty differs from a tax in being levied on specific commodities, financial transactions, estates, etc., and not on individuals; thus it is right to talk of import duties, excise duties, death or succession duties, etc., but not of income tax as being levied on a person in proportion to his incom

Permalink Reply by Blake on July 10, 2012 at 12:41

Agreed, mine is the short version! 

Permalink Reply by Martin Turner on July 10, 2012 at 12:58

LOL......thinking about it taxes my brain!

Permalink Reply by Ian Mawbey on July 9, 2012 at 17:20

A groupset I got through Slane Cycles cost me 10% extra...the customs guys e-mailed an online form to fill in...easy...then just waited a couple of extra days for the groupset

Permalink Reply by Tim B on July 9, 2012 at 17:32
I went through a similar situation when I bought my C50's, by the time i paid GST and import duty on them, there wasnt much difference between importing them and buying them locally if you shop around. I ended up buying them local, it was nice to walk in and walk out with them.

Nice wheels.
Permalink Reply by RD6 on July 9, 2012 at 17:37

inbox me Tim B for details

Permalink Reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn on July 9, 2012 at 18:48

If you buy local and there is a problem it seems likely to be easier to sort out.

Would you be best to get customs advice from customs?

Permalink Reply by Doddsy on July 9, 2012 at 19:04

Ask them to ship the wheels individually. 

Or lie on the declaration. 

individual shipping is the best way because it doesn't involve lying. 

Permalink Reply by Pete Roberts on July 9, 2012 at 19:26

The Customs Department are not silly, however you can still avoid customs tax:

If you order your wheels separately, even a few weeks apart, Customs may still pick up the connection and charge duty on the combined total. However, if you were to purchase the wheels separately under different names, and have them sent to different addresses, perhaps to a relative, this would overcome this problem. 

I purchased a set of Zipps last year from Wiggle, and paid something like $250, or $300 Customs tax.

Permalink Reply by Blake on July 10, 2012 at 10:26

Customs are not legally allowed to get you even if you get the items sent a day apart. The only way would be for you to import a commercial quantity.

Permalink Reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn on July 10, 2012 at 12:07

I have purchases several small items on ebay from different suppliers over several weeks.

Tthey all came bundled up together on the same day.

Is this a quirk of the Chinese post or is it customs monitoring import activity's?

It seems likely that they wont catch every item and there may be bigger fish to catch.

Permalink Reply by Blake on July 10, 2012 at 12:17

Customs will not combine your shipments. most of the time they will not even open them. A percentage will get xrayed. 

Might have been Auspost in an effort to not lose it? Not sure about that though.

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