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Originally Posted by bindibadgi
I think you must be mixing it up with a different scope. The 8se is $2,399 from Telescopes Direct, not $1,450.
I really want an 8se, and I am genuinely outraged that the MSRP is $1,199 in the USA and $5,199 in Australia. Somebody ought to be imprisoned over this. We have a free trade agreement, so I'm not sure how Celestron can get away with their policy of not allowing retailers to ship outside of their area.
We are being blatantly ripped off here folks, don't try to soften it up. I'm not saying that it is necessarily anybody in Australia who is at fault; I'm sure the stores here are only passing on the ridiculously high prices that they are charged by the manufacterer, but Celestron should be hanged.
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Interesting Sorry about that
I just googled celestron 8se and came up with that price. However closer inspection of the add showed it as 6se. However the price of the 8se at $2400 still looks pretty good considering the Australian marketing costs.
However there may be some overpricing of goods in Australia. You would need to be an importer and retailer to know the expenses of retailing in Australia. The Australian retailer has to provide for expenses in selling that are unheard of in the rest of the world and don't forget everything you buy anywhere overseas is bought on credit that will need to be paid for some day.
Barry