Tirerack experiences?

[yowie]

Friday and Fed-Ex is showing the tyres still stuck in Sydney in Customs' regulatory review, so almost four days.
Did Wayne Swan say something about taxing import tyres in the Budget last Tuesday?

[ScottyP]

Friday and Fed-Ex is showing the tyres still stuck in Sydney in Customs' regulatory review, so almost four days.
Did Wayne Swan say something about taxing import tyres in the Budget last Tuesday?

What was the cost of the tyres (ex shipping)? If it's more than AUD$1,000 you'll likely get slugged GST and duty. That could be your hold-up.

[thezoneR32]

Friday and Fed-Ex is showing the tyres still stuck in Sydney in Customs' regulatory review, so almost four days.
Did Wayne Swan say something about taxing import tyres in the Budget last Tuesday?

When did you order them? I have had tyres from them in 10 days but I wouldnt be worried even if they hadnt arrived in 2 weeks. Im still waiting on a r32 pedal set i ordered from TM tuning over 2 months ago!

[yowie]

Order placed 9 May, and no, not worried, the Fed-Ex tracker shows where they are.
The estimated delivery was for today, which isn't going to happen.
So only concerned about Customs and what they're doing, if anything

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No, they're $109 dollar tires, as they say. Hope no one moved the goal-posts...

[KKK VR6]

Order placed 9 May, and no, not worried, the Fed-Ex tracker shows where they are.
The estimated delivery was for today, which isn't going to happen.
So only concerned about Customs and what they're doing, if anything

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No, they're $109 dollar tires, as they say. Hope no one moved the goal-posts...

Hi
could you please update as soon as you receive these tires
im looking at buying from tirerack, problem is i need these by at latest friday.

[brad]

Then you better order today. You might get lucky.

[walbjj]

Nope, not gonna happen. U guys need to think about how logistics works.
Taking the absolute best case scenario, u email them now, our Saturday, their Friday. They won't respond to u for 24 hours, which at best might be Saturday for them if that sales rep works it, otherwise u will get a response on Monday afternoon, tues. then u need to confirm ur order, and possibly make bank transfer which will be Wednesday at best our time, most prob thurs. they then need to receive the funds, so their Friday. If all goes well, they might ship it that fri arvo, if it gets the flight out by the weekend then u might see it the following mon/ tues. all things running perfectly tho.

In my experience, I paid for an order on a thurs and received on the following mon. But I did all the groundwork with communication and emails way before. I believe I initiated contact on the Monday and confirmed my order and got bank details by the we'd and was ready to pay that thurs. u however haven't even worked out whether the tyres u want are even allowed to be sold outside north america

[yowie]

In my experience, I paid for an order on a thurs and received on the following mon. But I did all the groundwork with communication and emails way before. I believe I initiated contact on the Monday and confirmed my order and got bank details by the we'd and was ready to pay that thurs. u however haven't even worked out whether the tyres u want are even allowed to be sold outside north america

So, I didnt know that tyres had to get a permit to be allowed into the country. what of the US-Mexico-Australia Free Trade Agreement?
And if its about being allowed to be sold in Australia, i am not importing them for that purpose.
I am still waiting by the way, on the fifteenth, they were 'available for clearance at 10AM at Alexandria', and made 'subject to regulatory review' at 3PM same day, and still there.