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Originally Posted by glenluceskies
That's correct. Celestron and Meade dealers in the US will not ship to Oz. I do recall a dealer on the East Coast of the US (cannot remember their name) who also trade on eBay. They have been known to ship to Oz.
Remember it is not the fault of the local dealer. These are rules that Celeston and Meade put in place at their end to "protect" the local dealer. If this was not in place, local dealer wouldn't exist, and then where would we be? No support or warranty servicing.
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No. its not the fault of the dealer but: neither company cares what is charged the punter as long as they get
their asking price. Canada and Australia are almost exactly the same in terms of customer base, exchange rate, warranty claims etc etc..
In short, the after market claims on either are going to be roughly the same.
It'll cost no less to import, sell and service the scopes there as here.
Yet they are 1/2 the price.
Canada has extremeley strict anti-trust (or anti price-fixing) laws, which are actually enforced, as opposed to our local muppets who don't care if it doesn't get a headline.
