Hello Kevin, The prices of ham gears in Hong Kong are far lower than that in VK. Therefore, I often help Aussie hams in sourcing their gears from Hong Kong though I am not a radio dealer.
To my knowledge, postal service is seldom challenged by VK customs. As long as you declare the items as amateur radio kits and under A$1,000, you have no need to pay any GST. One more point - don't send two parcels together in one go. Otherwise, VK customs will add up the total value of all the parcels and charge you GST accordingly. 73 Johnny Siu VR2XMC --- 2008年6月26日 星期四，KBG Luxford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 寫道﹕ > 寄件人: KBG Luxford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 主題: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Shipping Costs to Australia > 收件人: "Shane White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 副本(CC): [email protected] > 日期: 2008 6 26 星期四 下午 12:38 > Hi Shane and everyone, > > This may not be much of a help, but I am an Aussie amateur > who has > bought a K2 and KAT100, KPA100 and other accessories from > Elecraft. I > have always specified USPS (the US Postal Service) and so > far, have not > had a problem, except that in two small parcels a toroid > has arrived > broken. Elecraft replaced these promptly > > The Australian Customs / Australian Post Office normally do > not charge > the 10% GST unless the value of the parcel plus postage > exceeds > AUD1000.00 I can not say for certain that this is their > absolute policy > - just my experience so far. > > USPS air mail options normally get here within 10 business > days. This > time includes freight from Aptos, all the security checks > at this end > and delivery to my door. > > I do not think that the extra charged by the couriers for > three day > delivery is worth it. > > 73 > Kevin > VK3DAP / ZL2DAP _______________________________________ YM - 離線訊息 就算你沒有上網，你的朋友仍可以留下訊息給你，當你上網時就能立即看到，任何說話都冇走失。 http://messenger.yahoo.com.hk _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
