Hi Sven, > Currency exchange expenses ?
Not expenses, but the rate of exchange between US$ and A$ -- Aussie dollars are double! > Import tax ? Another $100. > FedEX ? Rude, arrogant, and they took twice as long to deliver as I paid for. No wonder they lost Tom Hanks in Cast Away. > Can you give us some thumb-rule figures ? > I thought the world market was mainly import-tax free... What is the GATT > all about then ? Free movement of goods no ? Our money doesn't have to stick > to the fingers of incompetent governmental admins. That serves nobody. I agree. Not that it helps. Cheers, Ian Sydney ----- >> From: Ian Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:43:51 +1000 >> Subject: Re: Entourage vX questions/issues >> >> Hi Sherman, >> >>> On 7/29/02 12:59 AM, Ian Horner said: >>> >>>> Excited at the prospect of *any* speed improvements I doubled my RAM to 1 >>>> Gb -- with absolutely nil noticeable improvement. This cost me $450. >>> >>> $450 for 512 MB of memory???!!! Man, that's expensive! Current prices are >>> around $80-100 US. >>> >>> Did you mention which iMac you have? I'd be curious to know. >> >> Graphite SE slot. Yes, the RAM is more expensive here in Australia. It's >> still much cheaper than it *was*. My first 512 Mb chip I imported from the >> US. It was *very* cheap, but (a) currency exchange (double!) and (b) import >> tax (ditto) and (c) FedEx incompetency, rudeness and inefficiency made me >> bite the bullet and just go down to the local where I had it within two >> days. >> >> Not that it helped! >> >> Cheers from Down Under >> Ian -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
