Buying an exhaust from the US?
 

the good old USA sell yoshi's loads cheaper than here in rip off britan, anyone ever shipped one in from over the pond? hows the duty work if it gets stopped on the way? is it worth doing? an R55 is £550 here :(

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

Daz, you will have to pay duty on it, that wont get through.
You'll pay import duty, then VAT on the lot :(

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

Each product has a different Duty rating and I don;t know what it is foir motorbike parts. For fishing gear its 6%

So you'll pay (for example) 6% on the amount thats declared on the invoice plus shipping and VAT on the total.

C

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

Try and get them to send it via usps (their equivalent to royal mail) I had a whole mountain bike sent over in two packages years ago with success a few years back. I've also had stuff sent over by ups / dhl and both had duty paid by the courier as they do that on your behalf and then you get a bill from them afterwards.

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

ask for it to be declared as a warranty replacement part I'm sure its exempt from charges

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

Make a friend in the USA, get it posted to them. Get them to open it, re wrap it with shiny paper and a bow and send it on. You then have yourself a second hand tax free gift

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

i will have words with the yanks i know, they could buy one, send them over to you and declare it as a gift then, no import duty to be paid... its what i do with stuff from america

Re: Buying an exhaust from the US?
 

I bought an arrow can for my brutale a couple of years ago. Knobby in the US declared it with a value of $500 and I ended up paying £160 for UPS shipping and £90 for the duty ( including £17 admin fee for them working it out)

Defo worth while having a friend out there!

Re: Buying an exhaust from the US?
 

Sometimes they won't catch it for duty, but you're probably looking at paying about an extra 20% or so from my experience.

Also sometimes they will catch you even if you mark it as a gift to try and get it through, worth bearing in mind.

Re: buying an exhaust from the us
 

Don't forget to remove the invoice.
A b-day card is a nice touch as well.

Don't ask me how I know. :-dd