Hi,
Remember that the US price needs to be adjusted for relative values of
the US and A dollars. Postage will be about $40-50, and insurance
(advisable for high value items) will add to that cost.
You don't need to pay duties or taxes if the amount you paid (item
cost) is less than A$1000. Above that you need to check with the Aust
Customs website, but it would probably be 5% of the cost for duty and
10% GST on all costs (ie cost, duty, postage and insurance) and there
may be document lodgement fees.
Warranty claims could well be a headache, since you might need the
official documentation to allow the duty and tax free import of the
repaired item.
Cheers
Andrew
Paul McDonald wrote:
Hi All,
I'm looking to upgrade my current pair of binoculars, and noticed that
many e.g. US sites have much cheaper prices than current in Australia.
However, I was wondering if someone had used this in the past
with/without success?
Moreover, would import duty be a straight 10% of purchase price? And
what would warranty claims involve, could they be carried out here or
would the bins need to go back to the states...
Any advice people have would be gratefully received,
Paul
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Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109
Australia
Ph: +612 9850 9232 Fax: +612 9850 9231
http://galliform.bhs.mq.edu.au/~paul/
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