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I was recently thinking the same thing.
The Oz dollar is strong against the US dollar and the Japanese Yen at the moment and has been for a while.
I have noticed just yesterday that Bintel have dropped their TeleVue eyepiece prices even further. They realise that consumers will look overseas for purchases if the price in this country remains high for various products. Unfortunately no other companies that I am aware of has done this.
I am currently looking for a Pentax 10mm XW. In Japan, even with the postage cost and insurance and tax, I can save around $175 on 1 EP, & Vixen LVW's are around $180 in Japan, here they are $339. I haven't seen the Pentax dealers or the Vixen dealers drop the price,.....will they?? Maybe when they sell the old stock they have paid for before the dollar got strong and they receive new cheaper stock, how long will this take?, will the other dealers do the same as Bintel? Well done Bintel and TeleVue.
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