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Firstly there are two channels to go through to get an EDP to Australia. Go through the single Gibson distributor, and pay $3000, no chance of getting a good price on a one off. Or try and ship one over myself. The best price I have been able to get so far is from Bananas at large, which is $755 for the EDP, pedal board and full RAM. Add an extra $200 US for insured shipping. The australian dollar when I checked last recently was at $0.55 US, so that made 1:1.82 That makes the base price $1374, and shipping $364. For Australian duties and tax the calculation goes: Purchase price "lifted an extra %20 for tax and duty calculation" (It's a legislation) So that makes the amount tax is calculated on is 1374*1.2 = 1649. Tax is %25.4, and duty is another %5 or %10. So depending on how they calculate it, the price could be $620 extra. That makes $1994, plus $364 shipping. Which makes a grand total for this method $2358. Somewhat cheaper than the "Proper channels" method, however, I would invalidate any warranty or support claims by not going through the Australian distributor. It is unlikely that I could ever send the EDP back to the US to get it repaired if something odd happened to it, so the risk is quite a bit higher than a normal purchase. If the exchange get's more favourable, I will get an EDP, but not at $2400. As for Mel Gibson > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@annihilist.com] > >Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:03 PM > >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > >Subject: RE: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V98 #154 > > > > > >>I was not going to buy any "small" loopers, because i > >thought the EDP > >>would be a much better tool. > >>However, this ZOOM cost me $300 Australian, has a few > >decent features, > >>but an Echoplex would cost me $3000 to get shipped over. > >>Hardly an option at the moment. > >> > >>Chalk up one thing living in the US has going for it - much lower > >>prices\higher wages. > > > >I just checked exchange rates, which are: > >Rate: Australian Dollar per 1 United States Dollar : 1.618647 > > > >So if an echoplex costs US$650, it would be AUS$1052, right? > >Is shipping > >really going to cost you AUS$1948 ($1203)? Somehow that > >seems a wee little > >bit exaggerated. :-) Or is there some sort of exhorbitant > >down-under tax? > >Mel Gibson moved to LA and now you have to make up the > >difference from his > >lost income taxes? > > > >kim > > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________ > >_________ > >Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > >kflint@annihilist.com | > >http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html > > > >http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com > >