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  1. 03-09-2009, 01:12 AM #1
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    Default The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Average price of a game in Australia ($50-60 for expansion packs)
    http://www.game.com.au/viewtitle?code=CC3REDPC
    http://www.ebgames.com.au/PC/product.cfm?ID=11640
    http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Produ...T-3-PREMIER-ED

    Compared to:
    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218015169642
    http://www.amazon.com/Command-Conque...6575466&sr=8-2

    At the current exchange rate: AUD$46.87 + Shipping

    I know that shipping and a retailing bumps up the price a bit, but seriously... I can't work out why Australians pay so much more than everyone else.
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    I have a few friends in Australia, I went to buy one a 4870x2 and found out it would cost an extra $211 because of the border taxes!!

    I feel for you guys over there!
    It's like JFK announcing the moon mission. He had no expertise in space travel, and no way of knowing if it would work. He just announced "we're going to the moon" and then they made it happen because everyone was on the same page and working towards the same goal. If he had said "well, let's get some people in space, and we'll see how far out we can get, and if I find someone to make a rocket strong enough, we could possibly approach the moon's orbit and maybe land" it wouldn't have happened.
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Quote Originally Posted by knowledgegranted View Post
    I have a few friends in Australia, I went to buy one a 4870x2 and found out it would cost an extra $211 because of the border taxes!!

    I feel for you guys over there!
    GST, not border taxes xD
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Hmmmmm.... Surely there's a way around that....
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Hey its 3AM here your lucky I can type full sentences...XD

    This dosen't have everygame but its nice.

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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Quote Originally Posted by blueonblack View Post
    Hmmmmm.... Surely there's a way around that....
    Only way to get cheap games is ebay (the joy of getting support from EA for that) or ordering it overseas.
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    I just buy any games I can of steam you save so much money then buying it in the store.
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    'course it ain't fair, but Australia is a smaller market than, say, Western Europe or the US/Canada.
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Also we have no R18 rating for games in Australia so the Grand Theft autos we get have been edited and the manhunt games are banned here.
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    Default Re: The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...

    Quote Originally Posted by FuzzyPlushroom View Post
    'course it ain't fair, but Australia is a smaller market than, say, Western Europe or the US/Canada.
    We're smaller, but not that smaller.
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