On 13/09/2007, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those prices don't seem so out of line, if I assume that the Australian > price includes a 17% VAT. Maybe it's your government you should be > complaining about. In the US sales taxes are on the order of 4-10% and > are assessed by a State Government and sometimes by a City or County > Government in addition to the sales price. When I take that into account > the prices for the lenses seem downright reasonable.
We have a GST (goods and services tax) at 10% flat including shipping with an AU$1000 threshold under which GST is waived for goods imported by individuals via post. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
