comGateway couriers + dodging customs tax?

[Orangee94]

so i was looking at the Pe exhaust on getbmwparts.com and was wondering what shipping couriers they use and if i was to purchase and i write a note to say "price under 1k?" can i dodge the customs tax ?

atm 925USD = 1200/1300 aud + shipping from comgateway would be around 300 assuming the MPE weights 38kgs in total 1.6k

apologies for such a long message

thnx in adv and kind regards

[froop]

I highly highly doubt the freight forwarder would fudge the customs value for you. You'd need to get the seller to do it.

[RadiuM]

I had to buy an ECU from getbmwparts and ship it via hopshopgo (comgateway). It was over $1000 and I thought they'd just ship it, if it gets caught via customs id pay the fee's. Nope, comgateway will charge you that customs fee/gst beforehand.

I tried to get a receipt from them to show it had actually been paid to customs, however they just kept redirecting me to other people in the company so I eventually just gave up.

I just wanted proof that our government got it, and not them!

[Orangee94]

Originally Posted by froop

I highly highly doubt the freight forwarder would fudge the customs value for you. You'd need to get the seller to do it.

ahh okay then but the price of the exhaust would be sub 1k usd :3

Originally Posted by RadiuM

I had to buy an ECU from getbmwparts and ship it via hopshopgo (comgateway). It was over $1000 and I thought they'd just ship it, if it gets caught via customs id pay the fee's. Nope, comgateway will charge you that customs fee/gst beforehand.

I tried to get a receipt from them to show it had actually been paid to customs, however they just kept redirecting me to other people in the company so I eventually just gave up.

I just wanted proof that our government got it, and not them!

oh so did you end up having to pay that customs tax again???

[RadiuM]

Nope. I didn't have to pay it again. They charged me for it automatically before they would allow it to be sent from their factory in the US.

I just wanted a receipt from them to prove that it had been paid to our government and not them keeping it and only paying for it when it's been asked for.

[Cheungs]

Originally Posted by RadiuM

Nope. I didn't have to pay it again. They charged me for it automatically before they would allow it to be sent from their factory in the US.

I just wanted a receipt from them to prove that it had been paid to our government and not them keeping it and only paying for it when it's been asked for.

I've used ComGateway a fair bit. Both for sub 1k and above 1k shipments. Always chose DHL and they charged me GST + Import Duties themselves before it was able to be cleared upon arrival in Aus.

ComGateway didn't have anything to do with it apart from me declaring how much the goods were before they arranged the shipping details.

[kaitan]

I'm just curious how much tax will be get charged when it lands in Aus??

I'm looking at buying some coilover from the states and obviously even after conversion it's still cheaper but I just wanted a rough idea on how much tax will i get charged if my goods were $1500usd plus shipping.

[Cheungs]

Originally Posted by kaitan

I'm just curious how much tax will be get charged when it lands in Aus??

I'm looking at buying some coilover from the states and obviously even after conversion it's still cheaper but I just wanted a rough idea on how much tax will i get charged if my goods were $1500usd plus shipping.

Well it goes like this:

(AUD Value of Item/s + AUD Shipping and Insurance + Duty) + GST = Total

So in your case, using todays exchange rate, assuming $150 USD shipping/insurance, 5% duty and 10% GST:

($1995.48 + $199.55 + $99.77) + $229.48

You'd be looking at roughly ~$2524.28 landed for your coilovers.

Hope i've done this right lol!