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I must admit I find the Celestron pricing in Australia in particular very difficult to understand when you compare it with US or Canadian prices.
I understand the impact of exchange rates, GST, customs and shipping costs but when something sells here for 25%-50% more than it sells for in the US even when you take all those factors into account then its more than odd, particularly when there are other brands that manage to sell here for only a bit more than US prices.
I don't know that I would automatically blame the retailers though, as I understand it there is a single Celestron distributor in Australia who sets the retail prices and who has a captive market as Celestron retailers in the US or Canada are not supposed to sell internationally.
Its got to the stage where if I think a product is overpriced compared with overseas prices I either buy directly from overseas if possible or look for an alternative brand.
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