The "in stock" items are ready to be picked up.... 16 days later!?!Ordered from Cycles Galleria on 1 June for click and collect. Items were listed as in stock, but still have not turned up.
I placed two German orders two days apart. One breezed through Frankfurt in three days. The other is still sitting there two weeks later.My 16th June BikeComponents order has just landed in Melbourne, 3 weeks and 2 days its been on the Frankfurt tarmac
Have a Bike24 from the 2nd July, its been there a week... got my spokes in that one.
I thought these German orders were starting to speed up again.
3 days with standard DHL shipping ? That's excellent and it's the fastest package reported here since corona kicked off.I placed two German orders two days apart. One breezed through Frankfurt in three days. The other is still sitting there two weeks later.
No import duty on the first one though, which was a nice surprise.
Luck of the draw mostly, very rare they check history of orders received (ie: if you're not running an import business, you'll probably just have to pay GST and import duties on the frame).How does GST on international purchases work these days? My frames value was declared for insurance and I also had a $750 order from Germany. After preparing myself for a reaming I wasn’t actually charged import fees for either of them…
You’ve got it all wrong!! It’s not about ordering spares its about impulse buys and frivolous purchases. Try buying stuff you don’t really need but desperately want and I guarantee you’ll be glued to that tracking page like never before. Lol.I carry plenty of spares so no panic getting stuff from OS .
I never look at tracking .
Doesnt worry me if it takes 2 months and by then its a nice surprise like Xmas.
So are you saying I can still be charged GST after delivery? I assumed the demand would come prior to the frame being released from customs.Luck of the draw mostly, very rare they check history of orders received (ie: if you're not running an import business, you'll probably just have to pay GST and import duties on the frame).
Same... loads of spares here but I have 3 blokes dipping into them and ~18 bikes to keep running.I carry plenty of spares so no panic getting stuff from OS .
I never look at tracking .
Doesnt worry me if it takes 2 months and by then its a nice surprise like Xmas.
No, I mean when it hits customs if they pick up on it it'll all get calculated then, just noting they don't generally cross-check for previous purchases.So are you saying I can still be charged GST after delivery? I assumed the demand would come prior to the frame being released from customs.
Where did you buy it from? Technically all overseas purchases are subject to GST now, bigger stores will collect it at checkout (so you don’t get stung at customs), those that don’t you’re just subject to the customs lottery of whether they happen to check your individual parcel or not.So are you saying I can still be charged GST after delivery? I assumed the demand would come prior to the frame being released from customs.
The frame was a private sale and I declared full value for insurance.Where did you buy it from? Technically all overseas purchases are subject to GST now, bigger stores will collect it at checkout (so you don’t get stung at customs), those that don’t you’re just subject to the customs lottery of whether they happen to check your individual parcel or not.
When you go to BC, HiBike, Bike24 ect their prices include VAT, when you select Aus, it swaps to GST which should be 10% less than the 20% VAT... but its not, usually around 5% off the displayed price... which is maybe a few % extra for the processing of the payment to Aus Coffers. At least they acknowledge the lesser % tax here.The parts were from bike-components.de and I didn’t see GST mentioned anywhere
I have had this before buying frames from bike-components. If your item is > 1k, the postal company will email you saying you need to pay import fee for them to release the item. There will be an instruction in the email on how to do it. Now, the catch is that, there are other fees associated with the import tax, including some processing fees charged by the postal company. So it's not just a straightforward tax, and those fees can be steep.I believe any package over $1000 still has a import fee, though I have no experience of this personally in the last few years. As mentioned, its a lottery and you could get away with it, but if avoidable I wouldn't take the chance.
Spoke too soon. parcel from UK has taken nearly 2 months via ebay global.I carry plenty of spares so no panic getting stuff from OS .
I never look at tracking .
Doesnt worry me if it takes 2 months and by then its a nice surprise like Xmas.