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Apparently e-tailers will bring in $999 worth of something like trainers or iPods, in numerous (50-100) batches, avoiding duty and GST and then flog them on-line at a much cheaper price than a retailer can afford.
Fair enough, its legal and everybody should be able to make some scratch, but it obviously hurts locals who provide full service outlets.
I don't normally defend ratailers, but here they have a point.
A sensible option that will doubtless be passed over is to keep the threshhold, but apply it only to 'X' number of items per year, per individual, organisation or business. I know there are a number of ways around this but provisions could be made for those that abuse the process.
Just my thoughts.
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