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by xelfer 3774 days ago
It would be nice to not have to pay $50+ to get something to delivered to Australia.
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balls187 3773 days ago
How much of that $50AUD are handling fees, and how much of that is government mandated duties and import taxes?
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nl 3773 days ago
It's all shipping fees.

It's so bad that "Reshippers" are increadibly popular here (in Australia). They have a US address so you can ship Amazon stuff there, and then either do a bulk shipment of multiple orders to Australia, or else just accept their shipping charges (which are usually 50% of what Amazon charges).

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rpgmaker 3773 days ago
Those type of courier services are very popular throughout Latin America. I always assumed that developed countries like Australia had their own local suppliers and didn't need to buy from US-specific sites. Not enough to justify the existence of such courier services, anyways.
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mkj 3773 days ago
None are duties. There's 10% GST over $1000, but that would be $100, not $50.
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balls187 3773 days ago
Interesting.

$1000AUD is the de minimis threshold, for both GST and Duties.

Depending on the good, there would be duties as well as GST applied.

(I'm a wannabe trade nerd)

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