Re: Exporting a rifle stock out of America
Wild Bill,
Your in business and good luck to you and those whom you represent. I don't appreciate your suggestion that I wish to place Kyle in hot water . It is simply rude and presumptuous for you to suggest that , as you beat your own trumpet. To clarify : it is feasible for the XLR stock to be broken down into constituent parts and sold at less than USD 100.00 , they can be posted individually and paid for separately, such the total shipment of all parts occurs once the last payment is received by XLR. This presumes a purchase order with XLR, so if there are any issues with particular items e.g. AR Grip (this is debatable - depends who you talk to or what your reference is) , Kyle will advise or we have our own advice and not request that of Kyle. So, a total order made up of all components of the XLR minus the AR grip is feasible. The grip can then be purcahsed in Aus and the gun is then assembled. This will be a lot less than the current doubling of US retail prices (typically for many years they have been up to four times that. and retailers happily exploit currency fluctuations e.g. profiteering when the AUD is up and sell stock premised on the lower exchange values). Any way , the proposal is legitimate and would make XLR more business than you are able to provide.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wild_Bill</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As mentioned above things are not as easy as you expect and as some say yes the GST only comes in on goods to the value of over $1000 aust and because we get products exported we dont only order one stock at a time or it would realy raise the price on the exporting costs. so everthing that comes in here gets GST paid at customs and if it did not it would have to have it added this end anyway because Geoff runs a buisness that is registered for GST.
Now the fine lines on what is an is not required for exporting chat to Boyds gunstocks they can send you a stock as long as the total value is under $100US anything over and they can not. even 2 stocks at $55us could be sent seperatly but once they are packaged together they can not be posted out of the US without export paperwork.
Now XLR stocks have AR15 pistol grips and they are classed as a military item therefore require export paperwork then you have AI mags all AI parts require export paperwork because they fit issued military rifles and before you say AW rifles are the military models AICS mags are compatible and are also covered by that.
If you want to get a B709 for an AR15 piston grip you better have a ClassD liscence because they class them as restricted parts ask Customs if you can import an AR15 pistol grip dont play games their end and you might find you cant get one.
Now you saying Kyle should put someone on to post you parts and place himself in hot water it is not worth his time or effort when he has distributors in different countries that he works with and has a good trading relationship with so why would he want to stuff around and go through all the red tape just for one person when they would rather just have one person organizing their orders and distribution in other countries.
I do understand your issues about the associated costs but here in Australia most items retailed are close to twice the cost of the same item in the US.
If you want a stock they are available here we have had people trying to get rifles and actions from the US cheaper but they get a huge bill this end for importing and export costs from the US.
There has recently been a person in Sydney that tried to import an XLR stock that was posted to him from a friend in the US then Customs have seized it and will not release it they are talking about destroying it and issuing a fine as well.
It is all up to you but if you want one i would get it exported through a licensed broker. Also customs this end are on to people claiming goods are second hand when they are new if you try to do this and get caught you will also get hit with false deceleration fines and they are substantial. They are not stupid and a new XLR looks new be honest with your import/exporting or you will just ruin it for everyone.
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