The Questions Thread

[SkyWarp91]

Best get a samsung galaxy 3 or wait for the competing iphone (bah) to come out.

Thinking of getting an iPhone, I've been really impressed with my brother's iPhone 3.

[swoop]

I've got over 40 items in my pile of loot on big bad and I've been waiting for the Optimus/megatron entertainment pack and dead end, airachnid and bb recoil our to get in before I ship it. If I wait for those two to get in it will put me over a thousand dollars with shipping. Will I get charged import tax on that or is the thousand dollar limit just on the goods not including the cost of shipping?

[swoop]

Got my answer

[SkyWarp91]

Got my answer

what was it man? I want to know as well as I might be in the same situation as you!

[swoop]

It only applies to the value of the goods not the shipping cost. So I've got $700 of goods at the moment and $200 of shipping. I can buy another$299 and I won't have to worry about the import tax

[Senor_2]

1) Is an iPhone worth getting? And where can I get the cheapest one with a real good camera?

2) I'm looking for a decent photographic camera with manual focus, budget at max $750, anyone know any good cameras?

1) Not a fan of iphone's personally, but if you must get one, Kogan generally sell them for decent prices, but best to shop around as there isn't much margin in iphones (Apple control the pricing very strictly)

2) Are you after a point and shoot or DSLR?

[SkyWarp91]

1) Not a fan of iphone's personally, but if you must get one, Kogan generally sell them for decent prices, but best to shop around as there isn't much margin in iphones (Apple control the pricing very strictly)

2) Are you after a point and shoot or DSLR?

1) Thanks, I'll probably wait till the iPhone 5 comes out then I can get the previous models for cheaper.

2) A DSLR

[Senor_2]

With a budget of $750 I'd be looking at grey imports, much of a muchness between Canon and Nikon these days, a lot of it is down to personal preference (I'm a Canon guy) and compatibility of lenses and accesories.

Some examples, these guys are in Aus:
Canon-550D
Nikon-D3200

And overseas, so need to take shipping into account:
DigitalRev

[SkyWarp91]

For some reason my remote computer which uses a wireless adapter is getting better download speeds than that of my base computer, which is plugged directly into the modem via an ethernet cable. I've changed the splitter and ethernet cables to better versions which does increase the speeds mildly, but speeds, particulary through the Steam platform are still slower. Any particularly reasons why? I have a Billion 7800N modem/reuter.

[Yukitora]

My internet only likes to work during certain hours. I believe it may have a spark and feels that it doesn't have to work at lunch. Also, I replaced my motherboard and now my monitor don't work. No signal. Is a biostar pv4...m... Something. Ideas?