[pmrid (Peter)]

I was complaining recently in another thread about how eBay had become a place where massive markups had replaced any kind of bargains. As a guide I noted a particular product (a Dremel 3000 2/30) that is advertised by Bunnings at $128 being sold by seemingly multiple eBay sites at $169 to over A$300. That was bad enough, so I just checked Amazon Australia thinking they might be competitive - but at A$413, they surely are not - by a massive margin approaching 220% over Bunnings. And to rub the salt in, the US Amazon are selling it for US$169 or roughly A$240 - say A$290 with post. Why is the Australian Amazon so grossly overpriced?

Peter