 | | Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( —Melody Brown
|
| | | Hello, finally our box of goodies arrived after fearing that it may be lost. So it's arrival is good news, however the bad news is it went through customs and ya know what that means... OUCH! we were hit with a $97 tax bill! (it was $106 but I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | |
| | | | | Re: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( —Ross Crawford
|
| | | | (...) Yeah, I got that too on a box of grey from Canada - 5% import duty, 10% GST! Kicked up a stink, but no avail... ROSCO (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( —Kerry Raymond
|
| | | | It seems you lose no matter which way you go. If you import large collections, then it becomes worth Custom's trouble to pursue you for the duties and GST payable. If you import small collections, then postage/shipping becomes a large proportion of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( —Ross Crawford
|
| | | | (...) Yeah, mine was well over that. I guess I wasn't peeved so much at the import duty as the GST. I just don't see how they can justify collecting GST on goods they've had nothing to do with. But since when have taxes required justification... (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Melody Brown
|
| | | | (...) Well I called customs earlier today to find out why the +*&*#$% they would charge us $69.87 for GST they said that this particular GST amount was (check this out) GST on transportation, GST on POSTAGE! boy oh boy was I mad at that one, I mean (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Ross Crawford
|
| | | | | (...) Well if it's GST on postage, why do they charge a percentage of the goods value? This makes me wanna puke. ROSCO (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —David Drew
|
| | | | From: "Melody Brown" <Black666beast@hotmail.com> (...) Of course it should! Otherwise, shops could use this to increase their profits at the government's expense, and the government is deprived of income. So what if you bought the goods overseas. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Ross Crawford
|
| | | | | (...) ...line the pockets of politicians, etc, etc... But lets not get into a political debate. 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Jason King
|
| | | | | | I am sure most politicians could earn far more in the private sector than what they do in politics. I honestly believe they don't do it for the money. If that makes me naive, So be it. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Peter White
|
| | | | | | (...) They are EGO-driven, not money driven, but I still wish I had their Super and FREE petrol. (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Richie Dulin
|
| | | | | | In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes (of politicians): (...) From my Dilbert wall calendar for April: Dilbert: Do you think you might be abusing your power? Wally: What would be the other reasons to have power? Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Jason King
|
| | | | | Thankyou David. I completely agree with you. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Another fan of the Coalition (although it's not looking good for the future :-(( ) I too don't want to start a political debate, but i am glad to see some one speak up. Wish i (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Peter White
|
| | | | | | (...) I hate the coalition more than the other alternatives. Good riddance, I hope the state and by-election results carry through to the federal election. The resurrection of the 'never ever' GST, the hijacking of the republic debate, the new (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Ross Crawford
|
| | | | | | (...) Well, I still prefer to vote for the representative I think will do the best job for the electorate, rather than the one that stands for a particular party. Though that's hard to decide these days - pollies are much more inclined to "tow the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Melody Brown
|
| | | | | (...) Yep, yep, yep, even the lady at customs and the post office both agree that all this is nonsense, as much as they understand why it's done they still also think it's quite silly. Deprived of income? HAHAHA aha! I am not a shop and neither is (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | Re: Customs Explanation ( WAS: Bugs Lego S@H has arrived!!! good news and bad news :) :( ) —Dave Low
|
| | | | (...) But doesn't it seem unfair when neither the Goods nor the Service are actually bought in Australia? It would seem fairer to explicitly call it a private transaction import tariff (although I don't know how that would go down with the WTO). (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
