Wife dropped old phone and broke it, so time to upgrade.
Been searching for a while and wonder if this will work..
Purchase iPhone 6S from MobileCiti eBay for $1005.80 and get 15% off due to eBay sale (save $150)
Take phone overseas and claim TRS on original price, as MobileCiti sends legit tax invoice for full amount (save $90)
Total out of pocket cost 1006-240 = 766.
Are you sure the invoice will not showing something like eBay payment 15% and nett is not $1005?
Retailers receive the full payment, it is eBay who are taking the hit. My officeworks invoice shows full price paid.
If the old phone is an iPhone Apple will replace it for a fee - out of warranty replacement. It's usually a few hundred dollars but might be cheaper than a new phone!
Yes, they generously offered us a refurb iPhone 5 for $420 as they only swap like-for-like.
Yes. Right.
How can you claim TRS if you bought the phone here, is it because mobileciti buys their stock from overseas?
Mobileciti only sell aus stock
You are thinking of mobiciti who did grey importing, but they no longer exist as a company anymore.
Can the op claim TRS if the phone was bought in Australia then?
Yeah, you can claim TRS if you are traveling out of Aus within 30 days of purchase
Technically if you claim the TRS when you leave you are not permitted to bring the item back into aus (if you do, you then have to repay the gst refund) but this is not policed.
Saying that, my best friend works at the airport and was telling me they are trialing a new system from Feb 2016 at Sydney airport which will flag customers who claim on TRS (certain items will be flagged, ipods, phones, tablets etc) and these passengers will be checked upon return. You will be advised of this when you claim your TRS refund and advised that you need to be prepared to be checked upon return. apparently they even putting a box on the incoming passenger card asking if you claimed TRS when you departed, saying No when you did would mean a $220 fine
I think we can bring it back in under the usual $900 exemption.
Even if it is slightly over the $900, then it is permitted to pool the allowances for several members of a family.
@GordonR:
If you have claimed a TRS refund on an item, this item can not be part of your duty free allowance upon return.
The TRS scheme if for the refund of GST on items being taken out of the country when the intention is not to bring them back
If you get a TRS refund on an item and you are found to have brought the item back to OZ, you will immediately be expected to repay the GST refund you got when you made your claim.
I am also willing to stand corrected if i am wrong, but my understanding of the TRS is as above.
That's the ONLY way that OP can claim TRS.
That's not what it says on the TRS website: under the section titled "what if I want to bring TRS goods back into Australia"
If you are aged 18 years or over, you can bring in up to A$900 worth of general goods into Australia duty-free, or A$450 if you are younger than 18. Families travelling together can pool this allowance (so a couple with a child can bring in a total of A$900 + $900 + A$450 = A$2250 worth of general goods into Australia without paying duty or tax). This is called your Passenger Concession.
I read a little more… That clause emphasises that you must count the value of any TRS goods towards your Passenger Allowance (which makes sense).
Anyway it's good to nut these things out in threads like this because there's always wrinkles that one person alone misses.
@Cheap Charlie:
I think the idea is to stop "most" from using the TRS on items that are not staying out of the country
So you go to the TRS counter, they give you $120 refund on an item and the inform you that you have a 100% chance of being stopped and having your bags checked on return, i would rather not be stopped to be honest.
And what about the warranty? Can you waltz into an apple store with it and get it replaced?
i am of the understanding that Mobileciti sell aussie stock so yes you can
if it is indeed grey imported then you would not be able to get service in oz apple stores as iphnoes do not come with international warranty.
Yes, no problem there. Just like buying at JB HiFi or Big W or Myer etc. because it's Aust stock, not grey import.
Crap… too slow.
Some listings still have the rubric "15% off use code…" and so on, but it is a bit confusing, because you have to "commit to buy" at the full price before you get a chance to see whether the code works or not!
All very odd.
Dice are rolled - I did the "Add to Cart" (which does not involve commitment) then "Checkout" (which is where you apply the code), and as I applied the code, it deducted the $150.
So I confirmed and paid by PayPal and how waiting to see what happens!
Invoice has slightly higher tax component, as I paid for express post, but I can only claim back the amount applied to the phone I think.
Anyway, have downloaded app and will get going on it.
Hi. Just wondering how you went bringing it out of aus, did you claim TRS.
What happened when you came back? Is that new system in place? Looking for an iPhone 6s and sounds like you got a great deal,shame I missed it,
All went very well. There is a TRS counter just after (well, alongside) the passport counter at Perth airport. A cheerful lady sighted the phone, checked the invoice and took my account details for direct deposit of the GST component. Five minutes max. She reminded me that the tax-free price would count towards my duty-free allowance when returning, but seeing that you can pool your allowance across a family, we had a total $2700 allowance, meaning that even after deducting $1000, there was still plenty for a couple of bottles of gin etc.
Even better, the GST component was on the original price of the phone (before the 20% off). So I guess eBay just pays the missing 20% and the retailer gets the full amount, hence just remits the full GST.
Basically, the eBay 20% off deals are amazing value, esp if buying something like an iPhone with very low normal variation in price.
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