Import complete bike from Tartybikes

[koukie]

Has anybody done this before, since there are nobody in SA that sell Trial bikes!!

 

I want to know are there import duties payable on complete bikes? I dont know why I think there is, but there calculator thingy on their website says Bicycles are duty free except VAT and a handling fee maybe.

 

Oh and yes I'm still looking for a trial bike if you know of somebody in SA that want to sell his.

Edited September 27, 2012 by koukie

[MISA]

greetings,

 

I just bought in a 20" Onza from tarty last week , yes, you pay when it gets to customs here in SA, I cant give you the exact % or what ever but all in all I coughed an extra R1400 for customs, vat, Fedex's clearing fees etc over an above the bike.

 

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. (I have heard some shipments slip under the radar but i wouldn't count on it)

 

The guys at Tarty are brilliant, in fact the whole deal from start to finish was smooth and took 5 days, I ordered Monday morning, and bike was in Durbs on Friday morning.

 

The biggest problem is learning to ride the thing,

 

~MISA~

[koukie]

Cool thank you for the info, if I may ask what did you pay for your bike? Why did you go for the 20" i'm looking at a 26" ECHO.

[koukie]

this is what i'm looking at.

[ruib]

:eek:

[MISA]

Nice!

 

I bought the Onza bird Tarty has on special, as its a fairly cheap entry level bike that I can learn on and won't feel too bad when I kill it, once I have my skills dialed in then I will get myself a "better" bike... have heard/ read the 20" are more forgiving in the learning stages.

 

Remember the customs and vat etc are relative to the value of the bike, so your machine might incur a bigger cost than mine did... if you can, try get the wheels etc sent in part form and build them here, full bikes tend to incur greater costs, just a thought....

 

seems silly we pay highly for something we cannot get here in SA, the high costs are supposed to put people off importing goods instead of buying local, a bike is a bike to these peeps irrespective if its a unicycle or a drift trike... it's got wheels thus is falls into the bike category vat/ customs bracket.

[Manx18]

Has anybody done this before, since there are nobody in SA that sell Trial bikes!!

 

I want to know are there import duties payable on complete bikes? I dont know why I think there is, but there calculator thingy on their website says Bicycles are duty free except VAT and a handling fee maybe.

 

Oh and yes I'm still looking for a trial bike if you know of somebody in SA that want to sell his.

 

The SARS Import Tariffs list bikes at 15% under the General heading, and duty free from EU, SADC and others.

 

In practice this means that if you bring a bike from the UK, and they can provide you (there's a cost) an EU "Certificate of Origin", then it will be duty free.

 

Tariff code 8712.00.10 (the schedule is on SARS's website). You'll still have to pay Customs VAT and Clearing Cost.

 

[ThePubSA]

If the hub wasnt lagging & i could search ,,sure its 40% on complete bikes.

[Seeker911]

whats that i thought this was a bicycle forum

[koukie]

Just bought myself this! Its allot cheaper than the first one but its more than enough for a start!

[Peach.]

Nice bikes, awesome to see the trials scene getting bigger.

You guys like the 20's

 

If im correct the trials World Cup will be in PMB next year

[2theMax]

I'm the dealer for ECHOBIKE in South Africa. If you interested in Trials bikes WhatsApp me 083 3914 380.