Thread: Importing, Shipping, pitfalls and work arounds

Originally Posted by Friwi

I can clearly see why john key, bill English and the retailers want the gst to be put on every items coming into the country before the end of the year.

I am in both camps with this one,
As a retailer it would be great to have things a little more even but gst is not the issue its the pay rates between countries that's the main cost difference, our biggest business expense. ( trying to keep ontopic )

For example in the shop we sell Belly bars,
We buy direct from manufacturer in Thailand and put out at a good price but even so they are $25 - $35 per bar, Surgical steel, High quality.
But you can buy similar styled bars out of china for $5nz with free shipping off the net, Junk steel and rubbish quality.
We tried some but had to replace most of them under consumers guarantee act that does not apply when people buy direct.

But when buying when I can get better service, less of a run around then shopping local, The Item quicker and generally save some money ( Only got H&F now, Hamils was great)
Or you simply cannot get what your after in NZ then it will suck
but 15% isn't going to be a massive hit.

Example would be my under armour base 4.0 top i've had for 3 years now,
Contacted Under Armour nz at the time and they weren't importing them.