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169024 2003-08-20 21:11:00 Hi all,

Friend and I are interested in starting up a business. We are going to sell computer parts (after buying wholesale). The problem seems to be, that you need a registered company in order to get some wholesale parts. Is there any way to get wholesale parts in without having to register a company? And more to the point, is there a distributor in NZ that would help, or does it have to be an overseas distributor.

Thanks in advance,

Zan. 		Jaguar (4442)
169025 2003-08-20 21:48:00 You could try here:-

I was able to sign up as a dealer without a registered company.

http://www.dornwell.co.nz/

HTH. 		Elephant (599)
169026 2003-08-20 23:01:00 who are you trying to set up an acc with? with most all you need to be is gst registered. tweak'e (174)
169027 2003-08-20 23:35:00 No, GST registration doesn't come into action until yearly profits go above $40, 000. I am trying to get parts from:

Asus (Mboard) (Vcard)
Shuttle (Mboard)
Soltek (Mboard)
Adaptec (SCSI)
IBM (SCSI)
Tekram (SCSI)
Acer (CD-ROM) (Scnnr) (Kboard)
Aopen (CD-ROM)
Mitsubishi (CD-ROM)
Pioneer (CD-ROM)
Sony (CD-ROM)
Verbatim (CD-ROM)
AOC (Monitors)
Hitachi (Monitors)
Philips (Monitors)
Creative (Scard) (Speakers)
Xnet (Ntwrk)
Intel (Ntwrk) (Prcssr)
Canon (Prntr)
HP (Prntr)
Aopen (Case) (CD)
Icute (Case)
Olympic (Case) (Scnnr) (Kboard) (Mice)
Thermaltake (Case)
AMD (Prcssr)
Seagate (HDD)
Western Digital (HDD)
Logitech (Kboard) (Scard) (Mice)
Microsoft (Kboard) (Sware) (Mice)
Leadtek (Vcard)
Powercolour (Vcard)
Triplex (Vcard)
Dynalink (Modem)
Nokia (Modem)
Norton (Sware)
Via
Maxtor (HDD)
Fujitsu (HDD)
Radeon (Vcard)
SiS
Nvidia (Vcard)
Chaintek (Mboard)
ASRock
Lexmark (Prntr)
Epson (Prntr)
Canon (Prntr)

Obviously, emailing all of the companies seperately isn't going to achieve anything, so that's why I'm looking for a distributor.

I'm having a look at Dornwell, and I think we can probably go with them, thanks Elephant. 		Jaguar (4442)
169028 2003-08-21 00:15:00 at the risk of being rude i sugest ou do your homework a little better on this.

to trade with most wholesalers you will need to be gst registered reguardless of income. beaware that some of the bigger wholesalers won't trade with part timers or those who dont buy $$$$ of product per month.

a few wholesalers you can try are -

dove
bbf
tech pacific
agate
morning star

the back of pcworld mag usualy has a few wholesalers adverts.

where abouts in the country are you? 		tweak'e (174)
169029 2003-08-21 00:41:00 Just so you don't give the wrong impression, it is turnover . . . not profit that is limited . Again, do your homework , quote from IRD regards GST:-

You must register for GST when you are conducting a taxable activity:

that has produced a turnover (sales and income) of more than $40,000 over the last year (this month plus the previous 11 months) or
that you expect to produce a turnover of more than $40,000 over the next year (this month plus the next 11 months)
for which you indicate (eg, in a price list or an invoice) that the price includes GST .

Notice the "OR that you expect to produce a turnover of more than $40,000 over the next year"

Play by the rules, try dodgy stuff and IRD find out . . . you will then know what being in the sh*t is all about . 		Pheonix (280)
169030 2003-08-21 04:12:00 Yes, thanks for the hint of doing my homework... just rang the accountant and got the general gist of what I needed to do. Try anything dodgy?... might want to expand on that a little... I am in Auckland. Jaguar (4442)
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