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Originally Posted by dpastern
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
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Actually, there is no import duty, and the GST price is going to hit you either way.
Australian vendors charge substantially larger mark-ups than US ones, however they also generally have substantially lower volumes.
IE, California has the same population as Australia, and I would venture to say a substantially larger average disposable income.
Having previously handled imports myself, I have to admit that my last two major purchases were from Australian vendors. Prices were within 10% of overseas, and I'll get a usable warranty, that does not involve me spending $1000 round trip to get service.
Yes, air shipping (insured) on a scope round trip to California would be over $1000 AU. My CGE was $650 US one way.
Regards,
Eric