Chain Reaction Cycles: Import duties?

[Acerunner]

Hi Gents,

 

Just wanna know if you pay import tax when ordering clothes from Chain Reaction Cycles.

I ordered some stuff from livestrong.com and had to pay a crapload when collecting at the post office.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ace

[Pappa Bear]

yuuup! approx 42%

[ScottCM]

why would you want to buy stuff from cheatlong?

[jcza]

I'm not biting....

[Sportsworld.co.za]

_{Yep, you do.}

 

_{Add 45% Duties, 14% VAT, PO handling fee of R35 or about R150 for courier disbursement fees, and customs use their own exchange rate which is usually a little bit higher than the published rate (you can google it if you're keen)}

[garrethk]

From looking at previous threads all clothing is heavily taxed when imported

[Andrew Steer]

Hi Gents,

 

Just wanna know if you pay import tax when ordering clothes from Chain Reaction Cycles.

I ordered some stuff from livestrong.com and had to pay a crapload when collecting at the post office.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ace

40% import duty on clothing...

[Hacc]

It is actually not worth it to by clothes on CRC, even after the discount.

[Acerunner]

Geez!!! 42% *^!

 

Please explain the cheatlong thing. I wanna buy there because they have the coolest collection of cycling apparel online, DAMM THEY HAVE COOL S.H.I.T on that site!!

[Lexx]

Off course you're going to pay Import duties on Clothes. Why the hell do you want to import clothes. They have one of the Highest Duties?

[ScottCM]

Livestrong , Lance Armstrong, Cheatlong.

 

by no way directed towards CRC.

[Lexx]

You pay so High Duties, because us Customs Officers, needs a lekker Big Bonus to buy some more Bicycle Stuff,lol

[El Scorcho]

I did buy a pair of 5.10s from there, seeing as you can't always get them locally. Worked out to a fair price incl. customs.

[Acerunner]

Livestrong , Lance Armstrong, Cheatlong.

 

by no way directed towards CRC.

 

O LOL!! got it, dude they have awesome stuff there, and you donate to charity + you get the coolest arm warmers in the world.

[Mackie]

The tax attached to buying goods from Livestrong is called "I was conned by the macdaddy of effing pricks" tax

[camelman]

Clothing is one of the every day items that has the highest import duties. It's the government's way of trying to make "local lekker"