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Importing Climbing Gear from the U.S. 10-Jul-2003 At 8:29:05 PM littlethor

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an interesting idea...

a bloke i know essentially side-steps nearly all taxes and charges by doing this:

first of all, he looks at all of the american and canadian wedbsite outdoor retailers (of which there are plenty) and buys things on sale.
he then has them sent to someone he knows who is living in a state other than the one the goods were bought from (in this case, texas). this is important to avoid some of their taxes, they generally tax transactions that go on inside one state.
the friend then removes all price tags and i.d. from the gear (to prevent alerting customs to the value of the gear).
the friend then boxes it up and send it via sea-freight at a very low cost. it takes alot longer (around 6 weeks i think) but if you are not in a rush it is unimportant.

by following these steps he ends up getting excellent gear - some of it unavailable in australia - at a great price. just another way of doing it i guess.

-ben