tri-oz-1st on ebay

He does seem to have good deals, I've been keeping an eye on his stuff. His feedback rating seems good (last time I looked), but his postage time and cost are a bit much. Proberly because he's based overseas.

powinc

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Originally posted by byron27
Has anyone ordered anything from this company?
They are based in the UK but they have some great deals on groupsets, frames, shoes, etc.
What is the delivery time like and what duties are payable on this stuff?.
Is it just GST?

Yep, I bought some tyres from them... took less than a week to get here. As my parcel amount was way below the cutoff, and through the post, there was no duty. Postage was relatively expensive but with 2 free tubes, it sorta covers it anyway...

Cheers,
Troy

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Yep, I bought some tyres from them... took less than a week to get here. As my parcel amount was way below the cutoff, and through the post, there was no duty. Postage was relatively expensive but with 2 free tubes, it sorta covers it anyway...

Cheers,
Troy

i almost bought a FSAcarbonCompactPro crankset off him but unfortunately he was in europe at the time and i was on a deadline (alpine classic). He was very helpful tho and even followed up recently to ask what i ended up doing and debating triple v other stuff. not really a recomendation but the vibe was right...

I've bought two sets of pedals from them. Good sellers, the gear arrived within a week in perfect nick. Only thing is to pay by Paypal I had to pay in pounds and lost a couple of bucks on the exchange - no big deal really, given that I saved over a hundred on each pedal set.

Ants

In Feb. I bought a pair of Sidi Action MTB Shoes from him for $107.5 AUD + $20 AUD postage. It took just over a week to be delivered.

These shoes would cost me $350+ locally!

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In Feb. I bought a pair of Sidi Action MTB Shoes from him for $107.5 AUD + $20 AUD postage. It took just over a week to be delivered.

These shoes would cost me $350+ locally!

so it seems that you avoid paying duty on this sort of stuff through him?

I found i didnt pay duty from probikekit.com under about
$175 aus. Purchased $250 & paid duty plus gst.... How much
has anybody else spent at tri-oz-1st & not paid duty or gst

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In Feb. I bought a pair of Sidi Action MTB Shoes from
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+ $20 AUD postage. It took just over a week to be
delivered. These shoes would cost me $350+ locally!

so it seems that you avoid paying duty on this sort of
stuff through him?

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No GST or VAT on that purchase.

I have bought quite a bit of bike stuff from uk. and Aussie Customs never seem to care if the value is below $200AUD (but do not quote me on that!).

couple of my faves

probikekit.com - jersey / bib nicks
tri-oz-1st (Ebay) - mtb shoes
totalcyling.com - postage expensive
Bitz 4 Bikes(Ebay) - road shoes & tires - I reckon it's the same guy as tri-oz-1st as they always seems to have similar stock!

byron27 said:

Has anyone ordered anything from this company? They are
based in the UK but they have some great deals on
groupsets, frames, shoes, etc. What is the delivery time
like and what duties are payable on this stuff?. Is it
just GST?

I bought my frame/fork/headset combo there, and am very
happy with it. See:

cgi.ebay.com.aueBayISAPI.dllOpen ↗
64410&category=7298&rd=1 or tinyurl.com2ujv8Open ↗

I ordered it on 2 Jan, and the ad implied it would arrive
by 8 Jan. It ended up arriving on 13 Jan - I think most of
the delay was them catching up with their New Year's
holiday backlog.

The advertised price was $550, and the total cost was $793,
which included $243 worth of shipping, import duty (5%), and
GST (10%).

As for tyres, IME they are a LOT cheaper (like a lot of
stuff) if you buy them from Parker International (parker-parker-Open ↗
international.co.uk/home.htm) than anyone on eBay.

Hope this helps,

&roo

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No GST or VAT on that purchase.

I have bought quite a bit of bike stuff from uk. and
Aussie Customs never seem to care if the value is below
$200AUD (but do not quote me on that!).

It's $250 if you import via a courier and $500 if you import
via standard post. It's a good reason to avoid stores which
insist on using FedEx or UPS.

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It's $250 if you import via a courier and $500 if you import
via standard post. It's a good reason to avoid stores which
insist on using FedEx or UPS.

Who hits you with the $250/500 ?
Is it the courier Co or Govt when it arrives, and do they notify you before you recieve it or is it inthe form of an invoice when you gets in your hands

When i got stung on probikekit the post office holds the
item & notifies you there is gst & duty to be paid prior to
pick up.... If the item does not attract duty it will be
sent to your letter box or where specified......

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It's $250 if you import via a courier and $500 if you
import via standard post. It's a good reason to avoid
stores which insist on

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FedEx or UPS.

Who hits you with the $250/500 ? Is it the courier Co or
Govt when it arrives, and do they notify you before you
recieve it or is it inthe form of an invoice when you gets
in your hands

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Who hits you with the $250/500 ? Is it the courier Co or
Govt when it arrives, and do they notify you before you
recieve it or is it inthe form of an invoice when you
gets in your hands

When i got stung on probikekit the post office holds the
item & notifies you there is gst & duty to be paid prior
to pick up....

That may be so for items brought in by standard post but not
for those brought in by courier. They are responsible for
getting items through customs. In the case of FedEx and UPS
the [censored] collect GST on evey item even where the ACS
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So many rules, Drs

PS wasnt it the best morning EVER for riding today?😉

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So many rules, Drs

Really? What are the others?

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PS wasnt it the best morning EVER for riding today?😉

I didn't ride this morning. I don't ride on my gym days.

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