M1000Ie 2003 £10500

[jerry]

Interested in a 13,000 mile M1000Ie 2003 nice condition for £10500 thats the sort of price one has to pay in Thailand for a Ducati at the main dealer a new 696 Monster is £15,000.
was in the dealer today he has 4 crashed Streetfighters in for repair they cost £24,000 each .

[giler]

YE GODS! and we think things are bad in blighty.

[Capo]

YE GODS! and we think things are bad in blighty.

Compared to the prices in the USA, they are.

[jerry]

i wanted an indicator which i can get next week in UK for £16 they said £ 37...dirrr.

[damo]

Are import taxes that high in Thailand or are they just being greedy because Ducati is seen as a luxury?
If the latter then there's maybe a business opportunity in packing bikes and bits from UK in a container and shipping it across no?

[jerry]

Import and registration Tax on bikes are between 140-230% new and used thats why my 2001 S4 cost me £7000 in 2006 .
spare parts have a 30% import tax plus greed on top .I put as much stuff as i can in my suitcases every time i come from UK or USA.
No I would not put a container load of stuff on a ship to Thailand as the sheer bureaucracy of importing parts make the actual 30% duty more like 50% and a lot of stuff gets stolen by customs too.

Ther is Thai saying.....''How to make a small fortune in Thailand ...come with a big fortune and then lose it doing business here''