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Old 08-14-2013, 06:33 PM
Brucebubs Brucebubs is offline
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I bought my new Martin guitar for US$2500.00 from Elderly Instruments in Feb this year.( remember when our dollar was high?) They charged me US$270.00 to ship FedEx. Total US$2770.00. They provided AUSFTA paperwork, just a single, Elderly header, one page declaration stating the nominated goods meet the requirements of the AUSFTA legislation and claim preferential duty rate using rule type;
Section 153YE rule type P.S.- goods (except clothing and textiles) produced entirely in the US from non-originating materials-relates to goods made in the US from US materials and materials from other countries.
The shipper gives their name and address.
The product is described in detail.
The US$ purchase price.
Peter, I have a copy if you want to see it sometime, I live in Eden.
Australia Customs charged me 10% GST only on the valuation with shipping, despite what BillyBilly posted and Rod, the seller provides the paperwork, not the buyer. So it costs you nothing and saves you money, what`s wrong with that? Why pay $325.00 tax when it could be $200.00? That`s a lot of strings!

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