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Originally Posted by Tandum
Your just going in circles here. There is NO import duty on astro gear or cameras. There is GST, Shipping and customs processing fees. If you don't like the prices from the Australian dealer you can normally shop off shore. Yes there are a couple of exceptions like celestron, so don't buy celestron, too easy, buy Takahashi  |
No need to get in a twist over this. My original intention with this post was to point out that putting an import duty onto goods, such as scopes and imagers, especially given the cost of many of the imported items, was ridiculous. Knowing now that the government doesn't put a duty on them makes me wonder even more about the ripping off of customers by unscrupulous importers, who should be rapped over the knuckles for doing so. 50% of the reason why they get away with what they do is because they have no competition and the other 50% is just sheer greed on their part.