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Re: aust. customs and duty, lego & GST
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 03:07:28 GMT
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Peter Callaway wrote in message ...
In lugnet.loc.au, Aaron Coghill writes:
Today i called the Aust customs to find out about duty and tax rates for
buying goods from out side the country. hears the lowdown;


I'd be interested to know the price comparison between the LEGO sets sold in
NZ and Australia.  The GST over the ditch is 12.5%

Below are the cheapest SW sets I was able to find (converted into Australian
dollars at today's exchange rate)

$66.32     7140  X Wing
$14.18     7101  Lightsabrer Duel
$42.46     7141  Naboo Fighter
$18.92     7121  Naboo Swamp
$96.34     7150  Tie Fighter & Y Wing
$18.95     7128  Speeder Bikes
$14.18     7110  Land Speeder

Thanks
Sanjay

--
Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds



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  Re: aust. customs and duty, lego & GST
 
Goods and Services Tax implementation looks good. I did not say that Santosh (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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(...) This is helpful, thanks. I did a little estimating exercise which yielded some interesting results. See below. LEGO is shipped in bulk, so $20 p&h is a bit steep for each set. I can get a 40 foot sea container shipped from the US to Australia (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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