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BD Cams for Sale 6-Nov-2009 At 2:25:39 PM martin saint

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On 6/11/2009 nmonteith wrote:
>>Many manufacuturers have agreements with American online stores NOT to
>export to Australia. This is bypassed by people getting the gear delivered
>to friends in the US/Canada who then remail it to Australia as 'personal
>mail'. Obviously this would INCLUDE the extra taxes charged to local American
>customers. It is still much much cheaper.

Yep - or just using a commercial mail forwarder - don't even need friends ;)

Also, I wouldn't assume that buying in Australia will improve your position in a warranty claim. I have had no luck making warranty claims on faulty goods through Aussie distributors - they essentially told me to p*&s off - and the claim was on a pair of approach shoes that were recognised (in every other country) to have an inherent problem - people were making successful warranty claims right, left and centre on these shoes in the US.

However I have successfully made warranty claims on gear that fell apart that I bought online from Europe.