We went to a second shop, pro circuit on vitacurra avenue. Juan, our sales guy, said he could arrange for 3 bikes so we decided to shop there. Chris of course has to make the joke of Juan, two, three when we meet the guy!
Monday morning we went to the servicio de impuestos internos. This is chile's version of the IRS and you need a tax number to be able to buy a bike. I had been warned thru my internet research that nobody would be able to speak English and the process could be time consuming and difficult. We got there right at their 9am opening. Walked up to the counter and the guy spoke perfect English, with a british accent! He highlighted about 4 spots on a form, had us fill it out, and then handed us a piece of paper with the number. Total time of about 15 minutes. Next, we returned to Pro Cicuit to arrange the bikes. we suddenly found ourselves forgetting ours sales guy's name, then we remembered the tactless joke, so I suppose it actually helped!
Juan spent most of the morning on the phoning around and getting papers in order. In chile, you need a homologacion certificate ( i have no idea why or what this is) and a factura, which is a piece of paper that functions like a pink slip/ bill of sale. Sometimes these aren't at the dealers yet and they need to get them from the factory. After a few hours, Juan had paperwork in hand. Tomorrow at noon we go and pick up the bikes! We still have more paperwork to do, but we will do that on the road, we apparently have 5 days to get it done.
We will be on the road and out of the city tomorrow, so updates might be less frequent.
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