Buying Tires Through Ebay

[DMendis]

One of my friend wants to get down 4 tires from eBay which he says cannot find the tire size in Sri Lanka. Do you have any experience in getting down tires with eBay? any duties/taxes involved?

Thanks

[rangerover]

Was in a similar predicament sometime back. But since its a rubber product you get whacked with about 60% tax. Also, you cannot import used tyres.

[YALA]

whats the tyre size your refering to youd be surprised at how resourcefull the forum members are when it comes to sourcing out...Like how rangerover explained tax is going to be heavy.

[MasterDon]

Ebay?forget it,the taxes will be through the roof...there are other means though.I got down a very rare set of 19 inchers for the TC and set of white walled 15" recently,put it in a container box along with the belongings of relative who was migrating back to SL..no tax no nothing.

[Blitz]

machan.. bad idea... .. trust me...

[shanX]

Ebay?forget it,the taxes will be through the roof...there are other means though.I got down a very rare set of 19 inchers for the TC and set of white walled 15" recently,put it in a container box along with the belongings of relative who was migrating back to SL..no tax no nothing.

Oooh that's a nice idea, this could be useful for me

[ggkb]

If you need to import don't use a courier service( DHL, UPS) , if you used a courier service the item will be detained at the cargo company's customs, use a postal service combined with Sri Lanka's postal service(Royal Mail UK) then it will come to Postal customs, it's easier to get it released.... and if you deal it well, tax also will also be low...

[DMendis]

245 x 45 x 17 is the size, if it is available localy, whaere can we buy it. need 4 tires

[priyanka]

245 x 45 x 17 is the size, if it is available localy, whaere can we buy it. need 4 tires

we bought a set for our rx-7 recently ( about 3 months back) from PRINCE tires opposite the sugathadasa stadium

that was Thailand made Bridgstone, and one tire cost us around 14,000

Edited April 19, 2012 by priyanka

[rangerover]

I bought same size for about 28k per tyre from U H tyre house on Malay street. It was a set of Japanese dunlops. Only option I had for a local source