Bringing parts back from overseas

[tu plang]

my sister is looking to go overseas in the near future and the thought of getting her to bring back some nicely priced components from such places as jensonusa has played on my mind. i was just wondering wat issues there would b involved with this - ie waranty would only be valid in usa etc.
and would my lbs be willing to fit the parts (obviously at a charge) and continue to give their warantee on my bike? any info would be good because with jensonusa's prices and the growing aussie dollar, gettin stuff brought back looks goooood.

[notobe]

What kind of parts? Just get her to hide them in her luggage or whatever. Shouldnt be a problem.

yeah dpends how big it is

[naz]

you can get jensonusa.com stuff sent to oz,
n its a hassle wit warranty n such if gettin stuf os

[LordNikon]

My advice would be to get her to take it all out of it's packaging, then drop a bit of dirt on it to make the parts look used. That way they can't hit her up for import duty if they find the parts as she's coming back through customs. :wink:

That's what I did coming back from the US a few years ago and I had about $3000 worth of brand new camping gear... told the customs dudes that I'd bought it to use while I was over there and they let me through, no further questions.

8)

edit: fixed spelling mistake. :oops:

[Dane]

[quote="LordNikon"]My advice would be to get her to take it all out of it's packaging, then drop a bit of dirt on it to make the parts look used.[quote]

just make sure she isn't about to put it on something that its gonna damage. ie make sure she's not gonna put it onto the spring of a shiny new deraileur.

-Dane

[LordNikon]

Getting rid of the packaging should do the trick, making things dirty is just being paranoid.

:wink:

[Commander Dilsnikk]

yeah and customs don't exactly like u bringing dirt back in!!!.

i went to new caledonia and they checked the soles of my sandles for grains of sand!!!!

if it's a tent u can just rub up the bag a bit to make it look used... bike parts might be a bit harder....and it might be harder to convince them that u bought them to use over there (where's the bike?!?!?)

[Rik]

"I sold the bike to save on shipping, but kept the parts"

[Commander Dilsnikk]

"....which happen to be in completely new condition..."

yeah it'll work... cept that it's ur sister bringing them back... cna she pretend to be a hardcore rider??? ...although maybe that's why the parts don't look exactly "used" ;)

[Rik]

Can you say you bought them duty free? Aren't you allowed to buy new things duty free to take home, or am I off my head?

[Commander Dilsnikk]

yeah...but there aren't many duty free bike stores that i know of!!!!
i don't think u actually pay (or ever payed) duty on bikes....there were other taxes so i doubt it would work...it's alcohol and cigarettes that attract the most duty


... off the topic...duty free's a bit of a myth now anyway...now that we have the GST we don't pay much duty at all...so nothing's actually that much cheaper

[Rik]

I've had customers ask if they can buy duty free, and after a bit of checking, apparently they can... I have no idea though.

[Commander Dilsnikk]

...well u learn something every day...
even if what ur learning is meant to be literature coz u have ur yr12 exam on thursday :)

[Rik]

(stolen from Customs.gov.au):

duty free allowance

Travellers are allowed to bring into Australia the following goods duty/tax free. Goods bought overseas or bought duty/tax free before leaving Australia are included when determining your duty free allowance.

$A400 worth of goods not including tobacco or alcohol ($A200 for travellers under 18 years of age). For example, cameras, electronic equipment, leather goods, perfume concentrate, jewellery, watches, sporting goods, etc.

[Commander Dilsnikk]

hmm....but i'm guessing that even cheap bike parts are gonna cost more than $400....still i doubt the customs guys would have much of a clue about the differences between low and high end parts...

just say that their made by learsport or something

[Rik]

and would my lbs be willing to fit the parts (obviously at a charge) and continue to give their warantee on my bike?
Don't be suprised if they charge double their labour rate when fitting, and I know some stores refuse to fit aftermarket parts alltogether.
As for warranty, don't count on it at all...


And regarding the value of parts, all depends how they calculate it, ie, convert the US$ purchase price, or take a $aus RRP?

[tu plang]

thanks for all the help guys, takin it outta the package went through my mind, my main concern was what rik has raised.
i will ask my lbs wat their policy is and go from there.
thanks for all the replies, very farkin helpful :D

[Rik]

If you're a regular, and have a good relationship with the store, you might be in luck. But if you just appear out of nowhere and want stuff installed that you didn't buy from the store, you may get a rather rude response. Some stores are (understandably) narky towards OS bought parts.

[tu plang]

heh heh heh i got a coupla months to become a regular... excellent :D
thanks again guys, its great knowing i can post stuff here and get helpful replys