Dive Gear Express has updated our technology and administration infrastructure to comply with the new Australian GST requirements for overseas merchants. You do NOT have to use a "re-delivery agent" for low value goods, Dive Gear Express is able to ship all orders of any value directly to you in Australia.
We love our customers in Oz, and want you to know about some changes in Australian laws. The changes have eliminated the AUD $1000 de minimis exemption for Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) previously available to Australians shopping online with overseas merchants, although thankfully the import DUTY de minimis exemption remains. All orders of any value shipping to Oz will have the Australia 10% GST applied to the order subtotal plus any paid shipping charges. If the order value exceeds the AUD $1000 de minimis exemption we will manually remove GST before charging your card and the order will still be subject to Australia 5% import duty plus GST, collected as usual upon delivery.
Dive Gear Express also uses an online service to optionally display our prices in Australia Dollars, and the AUD price includes 10% GST. All our prices and financial transactions are in United States Dollars (USD) so values in AUD are approximations and your financial institution will set their own exchange rate.
Order subtotals over USD $399 qualify for FREE Super Saver shipping directly to Australia. The good news is that for order subtotals over USD $799 Dive Gear Express is now offering FREE Super Saver - EXPEDITED shipping via DHL Express (three days or less) directly to Australia. Our long experience is that Customs agents are thorough when inspecting our shipments, but per Australian Tax Office recommendations we will also prominently stamp our ATO Registration Number (ARN) on the invoice in order to avoid the risk of double taxation during Customs clearance.