Canyon Ultimate CF Pro
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Canyon Ultimate CF Pro
Postby Flyingscotsman » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:20 pm
New to the Forum, i am looking at a couple of bike options and came across the Canyon. From all reports i have seen this looks like a fantastic bike for the money. You buy direct from the factory and they ship the bike to you..
My question is, will i be hit with a huge import duty bill if i import a bike from overseas?
Do any of you have experiance with doing this?
Thanks For your help.
Sy.
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Postby Kalgrm » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:26 pm
Welcome to the forum.
I can't answer the questions for you, but here's a link to the bike for you (you can't post links until you've been here 7 days and made 10 posts).
Which model were you looking at? The 7, 8 or 9?
Cheers,
Graeme
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Canyon Ultimate CF Pro
Postby Flyingscotsman » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:50 pm
I am looking at the Pro 7, its the cheapest out the lot and i already have some stuff that i can add that would boost the spec to what the 9 is.
from my research the frames and forks are identical and that you effectively pay for the additional componants.
I have a set of Campy Shamals and some carbon bars so just want a decent package to get going.
I am still abit unsure of what charges i will get hit with if i bought the bike.
Tried to speak to customs about it but they were not much help.
Simon
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Re: Canyon Ultimate CF Pro
Postby sogood » Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:20 pm
10% GST flat.Flyingscotsman wrote:Tried to speak to customs about it but they were not much help.
Further, duty free allowance for importing goods with you ie. Plane or ship ride, is A$900. You actually get an extra $100 buffer for mail order.
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Re: Canyon Ultimate CF Pro
Postby Halfanewb » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:53 am
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Postby toolonglegs » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:25 am
Especially when you can something like this Felt Ultegra for same price or less?.
Maybee it is a good deal
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Postby mikesbytes » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:01 am
However I'm with toolong on this, that been that you get support for warranty issues if you buy local.
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Canyon.
Postby Flyingscotsman » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:50 am
from the import duty side of things i have managed to calculate how uch the duty would be and its not as bad as i first thought.
I am still a little unsure though as many of you have pointed out, they are fairly new to the bike scene and if there was a problem i could not get this fixed quickly.
Bugger it
i will just go and buy the BMC Team machine..
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Re: Canyon.
Postby toolonglegs » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:56 am
I nearly always build my on my bikes and never have a problem with warranty.Flyingscotsman wrote:The same could be said about building the bike myself, the warenty is out the window.
Who is you LBS?.
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Postby Halfanewb » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:27 am
But in the end i was happy to buy locally because they had their end of year specials 800$ off the rrp, a wheel upgrade from easton vista's to circuits, pedals and a extra set of tires ( with the red stripe!) .
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Postby Flyingscotsman » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:14 pm
but i do use bike bug, and Le spit because i get a discount through my tri club sometimes.
they are all good shops but i think KOM AND Bike bug have much better range of stuff.
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Re: lbs
Postby toolonglegs » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:46 am
yes both very nice (expensive) shops...no wonder you want to importFlyingscotsman wrote:My local bike shop is King of the mountain.
but i do use bike bug, and Le spit because i get a discount through my tri club sometimes.
they are all good shops but i think KOM AND Bike bug have much better range of stuff.
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Re: Canyon Ultimate CF Pro
Postby sogood » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:45 am
Sure about that 5% import duty? I have not looked into buying whole bike or frame by O/S mail-order in the past, but for components, it's been 10%.Halfanewb wrote:+5% import duty then add 10% GST on that total.
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Postby Halfanewb » Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:10 pm
But thats what i read on the site , also they log incoming packages so if someone does decide the buy a bike and get it shipped over in >$1000 lots, they add up the amounts from the same shipper and slap the tax on once your over the 1k.
clear as mud i know, i wish i could get a more definitive answer.
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Postby sogood » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:52 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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