Amazon - Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Australia

[kovert]

With the drop of the AUD, products are indeed closer to the local retail price. However there are still some items that aren't readily available here. Although I haven't purchased anything from Amazon since late 2014, I've logged in to compare prices

The added cost doesn't appear to be a GST component because it was 50% of the price of the item. Unless the powers that be are planning to raise the GST to 50%.

[UltraMarginal]

50% doesn't make any sense at all. maybe it's test software that shouldn't be released yet and the value is just a placeholder???

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Maybe it's to disencourage Australians to buy from them?

[Zippo]

Appeared a few months back
Basically its a quick way to see what postage is on a single item without going through the checkout process.

For shipments to New Zealand, Amazon pre charges customs fees on parcels over $400NZ, so it will also show if customs fees are to be pre paid on an item as well

[DELTAprime]

I noticed this when I bought some hard drives and ethernet cables. I know that any retailer or manufacturer bringing enough computer and TV equipment into Australia is required to pay a fee to the government to fund ewaste recycling.

[kovert]

OK, so it's for shipping and import tax estimates. Anything with 'import tax' is worrying - that's why I missed the whole shipping estimate idea. Thanks all.