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    Purchasing off the Lenovo website and customs?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by deki, Jan 19, 2011.

  1. deki

    deki Notebook Geek

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    I did a search for such a topic but couldn't find anything, so here goes:

    I live in Australia, and if I purchase a notebook off the Lenovo (Australia) website, does anyone know where exactly the notebook will come from? Since there's a tax that must be paid if you're purchasing an item through the internet that's valued over $1000AUD, from overseas.

    I'm rather confused. Would this still 'apply' to an actual company (as opposed to eBay)?

    How is it for those of you from the US (or elsewhere) who have purchased off the Lenovo website?
     
    deki, Jan 19, 2011
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  2. KnightZero

    KnightZero Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't run into any additional fees since my order, but my laptop hasn't shipped yet. My system is being shipped to the US, and I believe it ships out from China.
     
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  3. deki

    deki Notebook Geek

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    ^^Thanks. Reading across this forum I don't think I've come across anything of the kind..then again most of you seem to be from America so it might be different there.
     
    deki, Jan 19, 2011
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    SaabScott Newbie

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    If you are purchasing the product from "Lenovo Australia", then you should not be paying any duties or anything other than local taxes.
    If Lenovo has a presense in Australia, it should be considered a local purchase.

    They would order the product from Lenovo (corporate), import the goods (pay all of the local stuff), then re-sell through Lenovo Australia as domestic goods ....

    At least, this is the way it was done with Lenovo Canada (and IBM Canada before that).

    Hope that helps.
    Scott
     
    SaabScott, Jan 19, 2011
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  5. halobox

    halobox Notebook Deity

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    My ThinkPads have all come from China. I pay state sales tax on each machine.
     
    halobox, Jan 19, 2011
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  6. deki

    deki Notebook Geek

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    Well Canada and Australia are in the commonwealth, so this is close enough ;) It makes sense what you say, but I'll give my customs a call anyway. I do know that there's an IBM building/office in my city, so I guess that should be some indication.
     
    deki, Jan 19, 2011
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    vēer Notebook Deity

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    You should call Lenovo instead of customs IMO ;)
     
    vēer, Jan 20, 2011
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  8. deki

    deki Notebook Geek

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    ^^I thought of that today (but was at work) so definitely tomorrow!
     
    deki, Jan 20, 2011
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