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The truth is that Australian retailers are puting in hughe markups for as yet unexplained reasons. Some retailers will give you a fair price, shop around and let them know you know the US Prices. I spoke with the Australian distributor for Celestron recently and got a few RRP's from them that were resonably good compared to the US Price. They indicated to me that often there Retailers have not updated there online prices, so it would be best to call them and get a quote over the phone.
The Celestron CPC 8" SCT XLT is a scope that my mates want to purchase, and calling around we got a few diffrent prices from $3500 to $3900. You can guess who the lowest was, hint see my signature. Optcorp.com have this in the US for $1999 aprox $2650 AUD.
So If i were you and buying a pricy scope, contact the Makers ask them for there official distributor. Contact the distributor get a RRP price from them and then ask them for a list of retailers.
There is still a considerable price diffence between US and AUD, but i am sure there are good reasons. Perhaps the retailers/Distributors can comment on this. I am guessing it has to do with Petrol prices/warannty etc etc.
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