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No-one is suggesting Iceman that its simply a matter of comparing the self-import price (ie US retail price converted to $A plus shipping plus GST plus insurance plus customs) to the Australian price, there are obviously advantages to buying locally including warranty support and transfer of shipping risk to the vendor. I just bought a larger refractor from an Australian retailer that I could have imported myself for those very reasons, and because I thought their Australian retail price was very fair.
But its a question of degree how much more the Australian retail price should be than the US retail price taking all those things into account. When I see one refractor selling in Australia for 2.4 times its US price and another made in the same country selling for 1.5 times its US price then I query why the first is so much more expensive comparatively. Part of a competitive market is not just the order overseas option, its also the option of buying locally a scope that does not have an excessive markup on it.
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