Arb Lockers

[Rotazuk]

has anyone brought in an Arb locker from Ausie with them , can you get it duty free and is it worth it . have to go over in a few weeks and concidering it .

Cheers
Chris

[nigelb]

Yip Chris, my Dad''s done it. It has to fit into your carry on luggage, and remember it's quite heavy.

Nigel

[De-Ranged]

If you can carry it and it fits under a seat you'll get away with it .... i brought 38kg's of climbing gear back as my hand luggage... raised a few eyebrows when I went through the Xray

Let us know how you go

Cheers Reece

[Rotazuk]

Hi
Any idea if you can claim back any Gst from Ausie on your way out . Excess weight is not a problem , not flying comercailly

Also any idea of what just the locker is worth over there at the moment for a toyota hi lux ?

Cheers

Chris

[nigelb]

Yeah claiming the GST back - that's the whole idea.
Have a look on the net, there are a few sites which list the prices that I have seen before. Sorry don't have them with me in AKL.

Nigel

[Beano]

Rotazuk, you may want to check out this site

http://www.customs.govt.nz

look in the importer link then go to private importer. i looked at getting some suspension parts from Aus a while ago and checked it out with our shipper, the deal was if it was made in Aus, then NZ has a free trade deal and no duty and i think no GST applies, otherwise you will have to pay if it is worth over NZ$700, less than $700 you can bring it in duty and GST free, i did this just last week with some parts from the US.

when i was looking at suspension, by the time you added on 10% duty and 12.5% GST it wasn't worth it. but i was also having to pay for shipping.

[lowbox]

If you want to claim the GST at the airport the goods have to be in your hand luggage, not checked in. bastards nearly got me that way once.