| starcraft said: But Sony pays none of that. It would amount to an import duty, almost all of which Australia eradicated on electronics in the 70's-90's. Hell, most of that isn't even paid by private importers. I wouldn't have to pay any of that to import a PS3. |
true, but SOMEONE has to pay it at the end of the day, and it looks like that someone is the consumer.
I know there's a free trade agreement with Singapore, but I have no idea where Sony Aus gets it's stuff from, or even what it's classified as.
Electronic goods is quite a large umbrella with different types of electronics costing diferent things.
for example, importing a bare-bones blade server might cost nothing in duty, but the processors, RAM, disks and monitors might cost something different.
Heck, even TV's and VCRs might have different dutiable values, i just don't have a duty schedule to work it out
It would also help if i knew what a PSP Go is classified as for import purposes - is it an entertainment device, a computing device, does it make a difference, idk
all I can say is that the price of a PSP does seem highly unreasonable.
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