Thread: coker tire has sold out-mentioned on AACA
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Old 11-23-2018, 04:38 PM   #27
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Default Re: coker tire has sold out-mentioned on AACA
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Originally Posted by Karl View Post
I believe the issue with Australia is how sales tax is collected. We don't have the same problem (yet - or hopefully ever) in New Zealand. However shipping is normally the killer here. It costs lot to get parts here unless you do it in bulk and then when you do the market is to small to sell off all the stock you have.


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People have been saying that in NZ the tax to import things from the USA has become unworkable.

A $400 spoiler for a 1979 car is $800. With some shipping, and now about $2,000 tax.
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