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Robert
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Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Posts: 126
Location: Christchurch
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Import duty will depend to some extent upon the value of the shipment. You should be charged if over the personal improt limit but this varies. The limits are different for some items, as are rates of duty. Where you import from is also an issue. |
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Moorf
Future NZ Guru
Joined: 06 Mar 2004
Posts: 705
Location: West Sussex, UK
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 Timbo - you gave my mobile bookshop idea away!! Gonna have to add "free pickled seacucumber sandwiches" now to blow away the competition!! |
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Timbo
Thoroughly Good Egg
Joined: 21 May 2004
Posts: 290
Location: Epsom England
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LovingKiwiland
Testing The Water
Joined: 05 May 2004
Posts: 7
Location: Los Angeles
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Does anyone know specifically why books are so expensive- and magazines as well!!! I saw that Vanity Fair, which is $12 for a yearly subscription in the US, is $337NZ for a yearly!!
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coastcat
I'll Hang Around A Little
Joined: 11 May 2004
Posts: 27
Location: Silver Spring MD, USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| LovingKiwiland wrote: | | Does anyone know specifically why books are so expensive- and magazines as well!!! I saw that Vanity Fair, which is $12 for a yearly subscription in the US, is $337NZ for a yearly!! |
Look into online subscriptions. Some magazines offer their complete content online (plus an archive) for about the cost of a normal (not international) subscription. Cooks Illustrated, thank goodness, is one of them! I haven't checked with them for their NZ price. The Economist is US$129 in the US, but NZ$321 for NZ subscriptions. Eeek! I'll be switching to the online-only version (US$89) when we emigrate.
A company called Zinio.com offers digitized versions of various publications. One of the free samples you can download is an issue of National Geographic Traveler that features New Zealand - talk about serendipity!  |
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