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Garrett ATX Australian Price
- Thread starter cymro
- Start date
steve herschbach
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You guys pay too much for everything down under. The closer you get to the mining areas, the worse it gets.
Fishers Ghost
New member
cymro said:
Tony said:I'm fairly sure there is no duty payable on metal detectors. Duty doesn't apply to all goods but GST does.
Profit margins will always be higher here. I'm guessing for every ATX sold here in Australia (or other machines for that matter), 10 will be sold in the USA......
Tony.
Had a good look at the Australian custom site, as far as I can ascertain there are no exceptions for metal detectors. However detectors under the value of $1000 are exempt and this also I believe applies to a range of goods valued at under $1000. If you are able to point me at the relevant section that shows metal detectors to be exempt from duty that would be great.
Cheers Dave
cymro said:Tony said:I'm fairly sure there is no duty payable on metal detectors. Duty doesn't apply to all goods but GST does.
Profit margins will always be higher here. I'm guessing for every ATX sold here in Australia (or other machines for that matter), 10 will be sold in the USA......
Tony.
Had a good look at the Australian custom site, as far as I can ascertain there are no exceptions for metal detectors. However detectors under the value of $1000 are exempt and this also I believe applies to a range of goods valued at under $1000. If you are able to point me at the relevant section that shows metal detectors to be exempt from duty that would be great.
Cheers Dave
I should also add that the best price I could find in Australia was $2889.15 which is listed as a special provided you preorder and pay 50% as a downpayment.
Tony
Member
I purchased a nice GP3500 from the USA some months ago and there was no duty as part of the invoice, etc from Aussie Customs.
Maybe it was "officer discretion"........afterall I told him the machine was about 7 years old.....
There is this link though.......0% duty for metal detectors into Australia plus all other countries listed.
http://www.dutycalculator.com/dc/64581351/electronics-video-games/other/metal-detectors/import-duty-rate-for-importing-fisher-metal-detector-from-united-states-to-australia-is-0/
Maybe it was "officer discretion"........afterall I told him the machine was about 7 years old.....
There is this link though.......0% duty for metal detectors into Australia plus all other countries listed.
http://www.dutycalculator.com/dc/64581351/electronics-video-games/other/metal-detectors/import-duty-rate-for-importing-fisher-metal-detector-from-united-states-to-australia-is-0/
Tony said:I purchased a nice GP3500 from the USA some months ago and there was no duty as part of the invoice, etc from Aussie Customs.
Maybe it was "officer discretion"........afterall I told him the machine was about 7 years old.....
There is this link though.......0% duty for metal detectors into Australia plus all other countries listed.
http://www.dutycalculator.com/dc/64581351/electronics-video-games/other/metal-detectors/import-duty-rate-for-importing-fisher-metal-detector-from-united-states-to-australia-is-0/
Thanks Tony, I will check with a local custom guy again, but your link seems to definitely indicate no duty payable. My figures aren
Having imported and sold electronics from the US for over 20 years, these AU selling prices are not too far off. The importer should get a decent discount of 20% - 30% depending on volume.
Resellers have to have a profit margin of at least 40% or they may as well not be in business. If you think this is too high, try renting premises, paying for advertising, staff and insurances and then having support costs for training staff and customers as well as covering warranty issues.
Resellers have to have a profit margin of at least 40% or they may as well not be in business. If you think this is too high, try renting premises, paying for advertising, staff and insurances and then having support costs for training staff and customers as well as covering warranty issues.
Bailysw,
Those are the same things a lot of the big dealer have to deal with in the states as well....plus the pressures of expected generous discounts and added free gifts etc.
Most of the guys I spoke with down your way would be happy to pay the difference in exchange rates, shipping and to do that at full USA retail.
They do differ about if there is import duties on metal detectors....which could really elevate the price.
But it would seem there is a fair amount of unaccounted for cost.
Cheers,
Tye
Those are the same things a lot of the big dealer have to deal with in the states as well....plus the pressures of expected generous discounts and added free gifts etc.
Most of the guys I spoke with down your way would be happy to pay the difference in exchange rates, shipping and to do that at full USA retail.
They do differ about if there is import duties on metal detectors....which could really elevate the price.
But it would seem there is a fair amount of unaccounted for cost.
Cheers,
Tye