We have a national 10% GST (goods and services tax). There are no additional city/state taxes. The prices still suck.
Ciao, Peter in western Sydney P. J. Alling 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. > > Charles Wilson wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I'm getting quiet sick of the inflated prices of Pentax lenses in Australia. >> When are Pentax going to give Australian customers some decent prices and >> rebates. >> >> For example I can get the following lenses imported to Australia from USA >> with freight for >> >> DA 50-135 $1046 Australian price $1513 >> DA 70 $ 594 >> $663 >> DA 12-24 $910 >> $1077 >> DA 21 $568 >> $699 >> >> I am more than happy to support Australian retailers but not at a $500 >> premium on the DA 50-135. >> >> What do others think. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Charles Wilson >> Sydney >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
