Need a sounder/chartplotter.Thinking Furuno 10.4 navnet or Raymarine e80 system.Anyone give me hints on importing eg os dealer,paperwork required,freight costs Also any local dealer who will compete price wise Best so far E80-$5000.Think import price around$4000[all in AUD]
shoot these guys an email & ask about what model you want, if not listed doesn't mean they don't have it.
good to deal with..helpful, friendly & reliable.
http://www.threeriversmarine.com/
should add they send fully insured usually have in 5-7 days, & have always been a better price than most..
Send Grand Marlin a PM,
I am sure he will help!
Daz
I just bought the Furuno FCV620 off this guy http://onlinefishfinders.com/about_us_.html
He's very helpful and told me he sends everything marked as a gift...there is a sales tax on top of his price though which added $34 to my purchase but worth it if it sails through customs.
cheers
Pete
why not just buy from your "local guy" it may be a bit dearer but, they can offer advice on installation, warranty after sales info a whole host of stuff "money can't buy" and you just may keep them in business, and save another Aussie from going on the dole!, aaarrr that feels good, been on holidays and just needed a little whinge.
i'm with noelm buy localno warranty dramas, yes it might be dearer but you keep local guys employed
i always shop around and hagle or even wait for old stock its amazing how much you can get off
fisherman isn't that alert moderator was for, if your not happy with something you see on the post???
but yes some kind of list or warning would be good so you accidently list/ attach a "banded" site
kleyny
just a note on importing electronics.
Electronics that do not have an australian registered Ctick are not legal to be used in Australia.
Just because someone will sell you one and post it to you does not make it legal.
Any device that uses power or transmits a signal is subject to Australian Ctick certification rules and regulations governed by ACMA.
therefore if you ever have a problem. you do not have any legal recourse in Australia for a product that is not legal to use.
Also parralel importing affects family owned businesses that pay good money to make products available to you locally. If you want to support America and buy cheap.. MOVE THERE. Their minimum wage is low for a reason. Be Aussie.. buy Aussie sold and supported.
Hope this helps.
Oh and on another note..
If customs do that one in 50 search on the item and deem it NOT to be a gift..
you lose... you will pay the GST and the import tax and maybe even a nice little FINE...
or maybe there is something wrong with paying tax and supporting our system..
Aussie Aussie Aussie.. OI OI OI.....
woohoo at last some people who think like me (kinda spooky that thought) by all means buy over seas for "odds and ends" some stuff from the USA is just not available out here, BUT as a general rule try to always buy from your local guy, he/she is the one who you turn to when it all goes "belly up", just think back to the days when we went to a Butcher for your meat (not a Supermarket) or a baker for bread, who even delivered it to the door, all those "samll guys" have fallen victims to the multi national Supermarket chains.
Sorry
But most of info written here is crap.
Why back up the "aussie dealer" when he is ripping you off. I bought a Garmin GPS from the states for less than half some stores were advertising it here.......for warranty I have the choise of sending it back to the states, or paying a nominal fee to have Garmin take care of it here. Im all for "buy Australian" but they have to be at least a bit compeditive, why give your hard earned dollars to dealerships / suppliers who are making a fortune for a product that they didn't have to do anymore with than have it freighted here.......
Thanks to all the helpful replies.I ll let you know the best OS supplier I come up with.On the duty side I will be paying duty Its only 5%at most [US made stuff is nil-]OS stuff comes in at half to 2/3 price.To all the Aussie Aussie Aussies-Have shopped hard here but prices just too far away.Think I have supported AUST over the years with the taxes paid and the 23yrs in the forces both here and OS so dont dare preach to me
don't forget they can add gst as well...
I'm all for Aussie made and owned, providing it's practical!
Some of the price differences defy any explanation other than mark-up.
Still, though have to admit to feeling more secure with a local purchase from a service point of view and it is this reason that usually convinces me to part with the extra dollars to buy local.
JT
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4376
Hi all,
Go to the above link to get the real story on both duty & GST.
But when the new rig is nearly ready ALL my electronics will be coming from the US.
ROLL TIDE, ROLL.................
Regards,
Peter
I do believe a lot of guys in the "Industry" are involved in the Fishing Party and helped take the fight up to Premier Pete with the pre election convoy. Sure they have a vested interest, but who gives a flying f### about them and their wives and kids. Not when I can save a few bucks.
Get real fokes, one of main resons we're fighting the east coast fishing closures is to protect local jobs but some of our loudest supporters buy from the US & Japan at the drop of a hat. I don't work for customs but I do work at the airport in Briz and I see imported electrics smashed every day. They can and do get squashed, dropped, run over, rained on and x-rayed. Yes you might have a warranty and MOST the time you're covered, but while your money is over there and you're holding a crushed sounder in one hand and a phone in the other I'm fishing. Are you really keen to send $4ooo to the US then have your electrics pass through 2 countries in 3 planes, 1 truck, 2 vans, be handled by 20 people earning the minimum wage and then hope they don't leave it on your doorstep while you're at work. If nobody is home the courier often leaves a card and drops it at the local Post Office then that's a whole other story. If you pay 25% (max) more you get it now with warranty and peace of mind. If we don't support our local fishing and chandlery industries who will?
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