Hi,
I have Leica's which were bought from Eagle Optics in Madison, Wisc.
around 12 +years ago. (Superb shop too).
They needed a service last year and Leica's Australian reps, Adeal
were fantastic, they shipped the bins to Germany for service and tune
up to make them go faster and offered a replacement pair, which I
didn't need to take up.
Of course I can't speak for other brands, just Leica.
Cheers
Alan
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On 05/06/2007, at 15:12 , Andrew Hobbs wrote:
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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