The Aussie Tech Tax: How to Buy Gadgets from the US and Actually Save
You have probably noticed it. You read a review of a set of earbuds, look up the American price, then check the Australian one and find yourself paying noticeably more for exactly the same thing in exactly the same box.
It is not your imagination, and it is not only the exchange rate. Smaller market, longer supply chain, fewer competing retailers. Plenty of tech carries a premium here that has nothing to do with the product itself.
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