If I buy it via my redirect address, in Florida, its zero state tax. And 30USD to ship. Where it really pays off is software/ebook/music purchases. My first purchase more than paid for the setup costs. IIRC, it was Office 4 Mac. :^)
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:28 PM, David Kean <[email protected]>wrote: > Converting using the current USD/AUD exchange rate, it’s $28 more in > Australia for the base model. Remember, US is quoted without tax, in my > state (Washington) there’s around 9% tax.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:21 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....**** > > ** ** > > $60-90 seems reasonable given how small our market is. The US prices would > vary by the state that you buy it in, as different states levy different > rates of sales tax (not sure whether you included that in your calculation > or not)**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Damon Pollard > *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 October 2012 5:16 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....**** > > ** ** > > http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msaus/en_AU/pdp/productID.257917600*** > * > > ** ** > > Lovely. $60-90 price bump for the aussie-tax.**** > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:13 PM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > > ** ** > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > the new stuff is all part of the Surface brand I suppose. **** > > ** ** > > 599 for a coffee table that would get kids dropping plates on is not going > to happen in this house :-)**** > > ** ** > > 18 K for magic coffee table NOPE can't justify it ever I suspect.**** > > ** ** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=plcp**** > > ** ** > > Don't recall if it was here, or you've seen, but it is impressive.**** > > ** ** > > **** > > ** ** > > On 17 October 2012 18:37, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > I thought Surface was the big coffee-table sized thing. Colour me > disappointed.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
