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Aug 22, 2016, 8:55 pm

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Originally Posted by lathiat

If you don't want to live free and dangerously (which honestly, would probably just work out) and ensure you are 100% legit while also not revealing the master plan, the best suggestion I have is to import it via post to the hotel or something like that. Then you can do all the declarations ahead of time. Not sure I could stomach having it out of my site though! See: https://www.border.gov.au/Busi/Impo/Send

Presuming the ring is worth more than $1000, then importing it via mail/courier/etc is going to mean that GST WILL be due. Add that to the cost of the postage, plus the insurance that you'd absolutely have to get for something like this, and... well... probably not a good idea on any level.

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