Originally Posted by
alldone
I'm not sure how they decide this. It seems strange that you should have to pay for a bike that you intended to use personally. I brought over heaps of nappies that were obviously new, declared them as new and didn't get charged. Charging you for your kid's bike seems to be outside the intent of the law. I wonder if different ports have different standards of practice even though MAF is a separate entity. Everything seemed quite casual in the Port of Nelson compared to some of the crazy stories I've heard here. Oh well, what can you do but smile and say, please let my entire life's worth of stuff into your nation?