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    Quote Originally Posted by blackjaffa View Post
    Relatives overseas makes a gift from them easy and perfectly legal.
    Have never tried it, but I suspect that a 'present from overseas relatives' posted directly to an overseas address by the retailer and no VAT would be mutually exclusive.
    I used to be an engineer, I'm not an engineer any more, but on the really good days I can remember when I was.

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    The easy way would be to buy now before the tax changes come in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackjaffa View Post
    The easy way would be to buy now before the tax changes come in.
    ... and every retailer increases prices yet again to "compensate"

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodPixel View Post
    ... and every retailer increases prices yet again to "compensate"
    This. This is what I'm afraid of. Rather than narrowing the gap Australian retailers will just raise their prices accordingly on the basis that; if we can get away with x% markup now, then we can do that after the 10% overseas increase as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackjaffa View Post
    Axminster Tools & Machinery - Power Tools, Hand Tools, Woodworking, Metalworking & more!

    The prices have VAT (GST) Hopefully that can be waived.

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    I can thoroughly recommend dealing with Axminster. I bought something from them and had a warrantee claim and they got the replacement bit out to me in Aus very quickly. No questions asked, postage paid by them.

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    Another vote for Axminster, they're great to deal with. The shipping can seem pricey but its really very fast, I had one shipment take less than 48 hours to go from Axminster-Perth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by justonething View Post
    If the delivery included cost exceeds 1000 bux , beware than more than 10% GST will probably be levied.
    The $300m GST grab hardly anyone knows about
    it's the UPS (and FedEx) charges which make on-line purchases expensive here in Canada. It's not uncommon for UPS's or FedEx's "charges" to exceed the value of the goods. In reality it is just a profit line for UPS and FedEx as you can avoid the charges if you self clear (i.e. pay the applicable GST yourself). Curiously, there's no additional "charges" if the item is delivered by the postal service.
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    I got my Festool Domino from the UK a few months back. I got it sent to the inlaws though and they forwarded it onto me. I've registered it to their UK address for the warranty and it says that Festool will collect it in the event that it needs to go away under warranty. The fine print didn't define that it had to be picked up from a UK address though so I'll just explain that I had to move to Australia and there's no reason the warranty shouldn't cover me.

    Its outrageous that these things cost so much more here when technically the only extra fee should be the shipping over a longer distance. Are Festool charging our retailers more than the UK retailers or are our retailers taking us for a ride?

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    Quote Originally Posted by chode View Post
    Its outrageous that these things cost so much more here when technically the only extra fee should be the shipping over a longer distance. Are Festool charging our retailers more than the UK retailers or are our retailers taking us for a ride?
    this has been done to death. It's not only Festool, it's almost every thing we buy, including food. For example, fruit and vegetables in Switzerland are less expensive and higher quality than those sold in an Australian supermarket.

    the bottom line is that Australia is a very high cost country, driven in the main by our retailing model -- do you know what Westfields, et al charge for rent in a retail mall? -- the high cost of land in our major cities and the relatively high wages paid to Australians.

    The solution to the problem is so unpalatable that no one wants to consider it.
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    Yeah I do get all that but I'm interested to know if Festool sell wholesale to an Australian retailer at a higher rate than a U.K. retailer. If so then obviously the Aus retailer are off to a disadvantaged start already and shame on Festool.

    If not though, I find it hard to believe that the cost of doing retail business in Sydney is that more expensive than the cost of doing retail business in London.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chode View Post
    Yeah I do get all that but I'm interested to know if Festool sell wholesale to an Australian retailer at a higher rate than a U.K. retailer. If so then obviously the Aus retailer are off to a disadvantaged start already and shame on Festool.

    If not though, I find it hard to believe that the cost of doing retail business in Sydney is that more expensive than the cost of doing retail business in London.
    It would be interesting to know if the retailers getting shafted by Festool with higher Wholesale print compared to the UK or other countries, i also noticed there is a end date on that ACCC legal pricing model they got approved, i'd like to see it challenged once its up for renewal.

    If i place a large order, i should get a discount as i have in the past.

    We do have a higher rents in Aussie, this is from a few years ago, Brisbane world's 10th most expensive city to rent retail space

    there is also a lot of red tape here with operating a business, but still, i think we still get shafted

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    I'd say running a retail opperation is one of the very best ways to loose money. It is only beaten by running a restaurant.

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    Groundhog day............

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    Quote Originally Posted by bryn23 View Post
    i also noticed there is a end date on that ACCC legal price fixing model they got approved, i'd like to see it challenged once its up for renewal.
    Any idea when the sunset clause is due?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cava View Post
    Any idea when the sunset clause is due?
    31 Dec 2018

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