On 17 Mar 2005 at 9:40, David Savage wrote: > I got a quote to buy these new the day before the auctions ended and > they wanted AU$600 & AU$2000 respectively. Photographic equipment is > taxed quite heavily here.
Incorrect, 10% GST is all that's applicable to lenses in Oz, all the taxing is done by the wholesaler/importers in the form of them lining their pockets way too comfortably :-( Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
