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Depends on the brand - GSO sells scopes at very reasonable prices here in Oz. At the other end of the spectrum Celestron seems not to care about this market and lets middle men jack the prices up to near double US prices.
In general it's ok to buy from the US if the item is relatively immune to malfunction and the item is less than AU$1000 to avoid gst and other costs. There is money to be saved from buying Celestron mounts/scope overseas but the risk is that it arrives broken or with electronic problems and there's no local warranty.
Another option is to buy Celestron (or other marked up brands) second hand since it depreciates rapidly here due to the high new prices.
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