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Originally Posted by Bassnut
This has been done to death. Factor in Freight, GST, insurance , customs charges, local delivery and local support. I bet direct costs alone make it just not worth it. Do yourself a favour and nick down to Bintel. Importing a large item is not worth the grief. A small thing, sure, not a whole scope. Think of what it would cost to ship the whole shebang back to the US if it went belly up during the warranty period??
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This is what ****s me - you didn't factor in one important thing - this person is doing a conversion on a US retail price on said scope. Bintel buys at wholesale, significantly cheaper. Even accounting for import duty (5%), GST (10%), freight costs and insurance, there is *still* a reasonable price difference. Some of it goes to cover housing the item in a warehouse, some of it to warranty purposes (Bintel more than likely ships back to the US for any repairs I suspect).
I find it amazing to see that those who most support price markups, are those in business. Suspicious, yes.
Dave