It was far worse before recent AU$ improvement.
The main reason I went with the FTDX101MP instead.
On 17/6/20 10:54 am, Gary Gregory wrote:
lol, well perhaps I should put this in simple perspective: Figures are
Australian Dollars which can be made to look like Banana
republic pesos..TIC ok
Purchase price K4D in AUD $6,850.00
freight in USD $ ?????
10% GST on both K4 plus freight: minimum $685.00
total Minimum Cost landed will be in the order of $7,535 (still got the
freight cost to add)
Price Shock?...Yep,..value for money?..you betcha. Absolutely going to be a
game changer. reality?..Sad face for me.
Not everyone can afford everything they want and as much as I would love to
own one, it is not going to happen. I am happy with my K3 with all the
options I need and it does a great job every day.
let's end this thread now in the interest of not giving Eric extra work :-)
73
gary
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