This is another complete crock.. GST on a $1000 purchase (including delivery) is $100.... transport costs quickly eat up any advantage in OS-purchases as the size/weight of the commodity increases... $100 GST is soon surpassed by transport costs.
Remember that you pay retail transport costs.. not the wholesale and 'economies-of-scale' rates Gerry takes advantage of.
So, only smaller items render any saving for the purchaser.. no-one is buying fridges n freezers direct from China, Gerry...
Any computer-parts retailers in Australia can and do already sell any part for half the price Gerry's lot gouges.
This is all about Gerry using his 'celebrity-millionaire' status to achieve some underhanded political agenda.. absolutely nothing to do with Australia's retail industry hitting the wall and going under.
Here's another case of a FAT Capitalist 'Free-Enterprise' 'Small-Government' advocate calling on Government to trounce on the "lil' guy"s cos they've found a way to avoid his parasitic clutches.
My bet is, the troglodyte couldn't manage web-sales as a business model in his steam-powered mentality, and will soon be in receivership no matter what comes of this. Harvey Norman shareholder?? SELL.. NOW.
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