Thread: $590 for a permit to import

Originally Posted by HG Man

I'm not against user pays, but how it be anything like cost recovery for that price. It would take 5 minutes to look at the permit, pull up the computer file, check that they are allowed to have whatever part, digitally stamp it and send it off to Customs?

$590 = $7K an hour. Fuck that noise.

Ms McKee is being disingenuous with her argument. The options in the discussion document are for a flat fee or a fee based on the size of the item plus a base fee of $45 etc. In a sense though, she's right the charges are ridiculous. It's a Hobson's choice between an OTT charge or a smaller one that is still too high for what it is. Even using $45 for the base proposed alternative fee is too high, and would be $540 an hour for the 5 minutes @HG Man estimates. Submit everyone. The proposal is not giving realistic options

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.