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About LinkBacksyep im feeling the same as XtRmn8 & lmorgan, once the 2 seater 09 is out im ordering that ans a blue 3 seater sho. 2 less yamaha australia will not being making money on greedy prikks
yep im feeling the same as XtRmn8 & lmorgan, once the 2 seater 09 is out im ordering that ans a blue 3 seater sho. 2 less yamaha australia will not being making money on greedy prikks
Last time i saw the aussie $$$$ it was 0.94c to the american greenback going down.
I really like comments like this , it shows a well educated guess in an area you obviously know nothing about. LOLOriginally Posted by jet1200
Before you guys go out and buy a ski from overseas add 10% duty to the price of the ski incl. all shipping costs. Then 10% GST on top of the combined amount. Then add quarantine/warf charges. Plus if you don't know anything about the paperwork involved your going to need to pay a brocker to do that for you as well. You probably still save some money in the end but its a massive hassle to get it here and your not covered by warranty although yes the shops will fix it if it has a defect but its out of your pocket.
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All it does is confuse people who are looking for factual information. Good on ya mate !
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heres a company started up in brissy doing just that!!! check it out, any ski, and can buy warranty... looks ok,.....prices are defidently cheaper
they have a sho advertised on ebay.... thats how i found them
Iv got a lot more kowledge of the import business than you would think. I am very surprised to hear that jet skis are duty free (if thats true) but the rest of what I mentioned is the cost involved in importing anything in to Australia that cost more than $1000AUD. Quarantine may only be necessary in W.A. and warf fees only if your shipping.
I'm not saying your not better off doing it, in fact I have imported many Japanese performance cars/parts and saved. Its just I always calculate the cost of the goods plus the included taxes and postage to make sure I'm actually getting a saving.
I'v been thinking about importing skis since reading this and I'm thinking you could fit 8 skis in a sea container and save heaps on shipping costs, all the paperwork is done as one item saving a huge headache. Then pick the skis up from one location.
This kind of importing would really be worth doing and would reap some serious savings as there is also the group buying discount on the units themselves.
I looked into this very seriouly just before I bought my ski locally. I was looking at the 2009 ho's or the 2010 ho's. The dollar was at 90cents. I got to the point where I could have a brand new 2010 HO to australia for about 16500, including all costs to get it on the road and water. But I bought a 6mnth old 2009 HO for 17g's. To me it was not worth the risks involved with importing. Theres nothing better than cash on delivery so second hand was the way to go.
Costs involved with importing are:
GST
Customs brocker fees
Port charges - both from and too.
shipping and insurance
delivery costs
Then when it gets here
Trailer
rego's
fluids
might still be missing some costs, but thats all I can remember at the moment. I will look at it again if the dollar breaks 1:1 with the US.
and yes jetskis are DUTY FREE, that is a fact.
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