Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-16 Thread nick d.
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

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-16 Thread Dennis Wollersheim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi guys This could be just 'hoping for a desired outcome', but I reckon that there is no duty payable on phones imported into Australia. When I emailed Australian Customs (trying to get them to have sympathy on the bulk order thing), they only ment

Re: Email disclaimers [Was: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?]

2008-05-16 Thread Andy Powell
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Re: Email disclaimers [Was: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?]

2008-05-16 Thread The Rasterman
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Re: Email disclaimers [Was: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?]

2008-05-16 Thread AVee
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Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-16 Thread NeilBrown
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

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-16 Thread nickd
I wasn't sure if I should put it on the wiki or not as I was uncertain about postage - but since you think they're alright, go for it! -Nick Chris Hogan wrote: Hi All, Thanks Nick for the spreadsheet - I guesstimated the postage at about $50 for the bulk order and $20 for the individual unit

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris Hogan
Hi All, Thanks Nick for the spreadsheet - I guesstimated the postage at about $50 for the bulk order and $20 for the individual units, based off past experience shipping stuff from the US - didn't even think to use the Aus Post calculator. In other words, I trust your figures over mine :-) Fo

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread ian douglas
Chris Hogan wrote: True - I hadn't yet read Ian's reply when I wrote that :-). And I was just reiterating what Steve and Michael have said over the past two months -- OpenMoko would rather concentrate on making phones than pouches and selling individual accessories like pouches and headsets

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread nickd
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. -Nick Chris Hoga

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread Erland Lewin
2008/5/16 Chris Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yeah, with or without extras the customs cost will be the same... and it > works > out (I think) at about $425 per phone - higher than the cost of an > individual > order (which falls below the $1000 threshold and so doesn't attract customs > charges).

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Hogan
True - I hadn't yet read Ian's reply when I wrote that :-). On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:19:59 pm Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > 0n Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:17:28PM +1000, Chris Hogan wrote: > >So the only 'savings' we're getting are the extras packed in with the > > bulk orders. If they're only wo

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread Wilkinson, Alex
0n Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:17:28PM +1000, Chris Hogan wrote: >So the only 'savings' we're getting are the extras packed in with the bulk >orders. If they're only worth (say) $20 each, it's not worth the hassle, it's >just as cheap to order individual phones and the extras too i

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Hogan
Hi all, Yeah, with or without extras the customs cost will be the same... and it works out (I think) at about $425 per phone - higher than the cost of an individual order (which falls below the $1000 threshold and so doesn't attract customs charges). So the only 'savings' we're getting are the

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread ian douglas
Steve has already mentioned on the list that they don't intend to sell pouches or headsets as individual items, and that they're only available as part of a bulk order -- included at no extra cost as part of the bulk order, which to me means no extra value. -id Neil Davey wrote: It's not so

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread Neil Davey
It's not so much the declaration.. It's more the fact that the whole shipment will be over a certain value (I think $1000?).. Here is oz if it's above a certain value you have to pay GST (extra 10%), plus I think a customs duty as well... which just sucks big time.. To answer Chris's question..

Re: Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread ian douglas
If it's included in the bulk order, do you *need* to declare an extra value? Chris Hogan wrote: Just wondering if anyone knows how much the bonus pouch/headsets being offered with the bulk orders would cost if purchased separately? The Sydney group are looking into the (huge) customs costs _

Value of headsets and pouches for 10 pack orders?

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Hogan
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows how much the bonus pouch/headsets being offered with the bulk orders would cost if purchased separately? The Sydney group are looking into the (huge) customs costs, and it looks like it might actually work out cheaper if we ditch the bulk order and just or