Hi Aus people, Neil: the info I got was referred to me by another Brisbane guy who pointed me to the "Buying over the internet page" [1] which is where I got the 5% from (check the table down the bottom).
Dennis: I did the UPS one and it came to around $170 which is drastically different from $70 so maybe I did something wrong there. Nice work interrogating Customs btw ;) In summary, I'm clueless as to a definitive answer. Alex you work for the ADO, so you must speak government-ese, maybe you can bring some clarity to our situation... -Nick [1] http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=5549 On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:37 PM, NeilBrown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 3:59 pm, nickd wrote: > > That's strange. I'm in Brisbane and it worked out cheaper to buy in > > bulk. I estimated the postage as $70 for the bulk and $50 for individual > > (using AusPost's Int. parcel calculator). What was your > > postage/calculations? I've attached the worksheet I used to come to my > > amount. > > > > Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but where did you get the > 5% figure from? > > Looking at the different tariff classes in > > http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4273 > > The openmoko could only possibly fall in section 16 and chapter 85. > > Of those the closest fit seems to be item 8517. > (See http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/tariff/chapter85notes.pdf > ) > According to > http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/tariff/chapter85goods_b.pdf > there are several subclasses of 8517, but the closest seems to be > 8517.12.00 - Telephones for cellular networks or for other > wireless networks > > which is "Free" of import duty. > > However I couldn't find "Computer" or "PDA" in Chapter 85, so > maybe I'm missing something. > > But the above suggests that if the package is marked that it contains > Cellular Telephony Devices (sounds more impressive than 'mobile phones') > they should be customs-free ??? > > NeilBrown > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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