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Swamp Bow:
I hear you.  I have friends in Oz and I get an earful every now and then about it.  The trick is to order enough that you can "share" and get some or all  of the extra cost back (depending on how much you like your friends  ;) ).  Works really well on light weight compactable stuff like linen, almost no extra shipping if you add a few extra.  Time to grow and spin your own I guess.

Cheers,

Swamp, who is looking forward to going back to Oz someday for a nice fishing holiday.

El Destructo:

--- Quote from: CraigMBeckett on April 02, 2010, 03:05:27 am ---
 then of course there are customs, import more than $1000 worth of goods in a year and you get hit for a minimum of 10%.

Craig.

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Thats what the USA needs to do also....maybe then We could get this Country back to being a Supplier...instead of a Buyer of all Goods again....JMO

Always wanted to move to Australia....I have relatives there...but I would have to sell almost every Gun I own to do so...and that aint happening...

As for Shipping...I don't see where it is any more expensive to send it to Oz...than anywhere else...but I have noticed that now they have cut the size limits on Parcels...and it almost impossible to send a Bow by Mail...they are just too long anymore

CraigMBeckett:
El D.

I love this country but we are becoming more and more of a nanny state.

The one thing I really envy you guys in the States for is the availability of all kinds of things at very reasonable prices, our tools generally cost twice what you pay even when the tool is made in other countries. I recently imported a number of attachments and bits for my Dremel from the states because of the cost here, take fior instance the router bits, over here in one of our larger chain stores each bit costs between $28 and $35, our dollar is worth 90 odd of your cents, in the states I got a set of 6 Dremel router bits for I believe it was $30 or $35, yes 6 for the price of 1, bought other bits and attachments had to overcome the $48 postage costs. Dremel by the way is owned by Bosch the German tool manufacturer.

Craig.

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