Comments on: Asus R2H, Now in Australia http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia Your source for the latest news and updates about the Ultra Mobile PC(Origami), with all the information on harware, software, reviews, photos, videos and rumors. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:19:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: phx http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia#comment-12223 phx Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:48:35 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia#comment-12223 Ah... crap... I mean $1000 USD = $1300 AUD. au Tax = $1500 AUD Ah… crap… I mean $1000 USD = $1300 AUD. au Tax = $1500 AUD

]]> By: phx http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia#comment-12222 phx Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:47:13 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia#comment-12222 Agreed. I was excited to buy one of these after reading up on US-centric sites. Its a niche product, but it fills the exact niche I am in. After seeing the price though I wont be buying from au. I really think that theres a feedback cycle here, where products are released at higher prices in au, and products that attract "educated people / early adopters" who are likely to compare prices, realise they are being shafted, buy elsewhere and kill the market. Seen these for $1000. Adding our Goods & Services Tax, shipping and import duty adds up to around $1300. $2100 is ridiculous, its an insult. That $1300 figure includes shipping, duties and sales tax in the US, then individual shipping to another country, another round of sales tax and duties here - and its still 2/3rds the price. Drives me insane. Agreed. I was excited to buy one of these after reading up on US-centric sites. Its a niche product, but it fills the exact niche I am in. After seeing the price though I wont be buying from au.

I really think that theres a feedback cycle here, where products are released at higher prices in au, and products that attract “educated people / early adopters” who are likely to compare prices, realise they are being shafted, buy elsewhere and kill the market.

Seen these for $1000. Adding our Goods & Services Tax, shipping and import duty adds up to around $1300. $2100 is ridiculous, its an insult. That $1300 figure includes shipping, duties and sales tax in the US, then individual shipping to another country, another round of sales tax and duties here - and its still 2/3rds the price.

Drives me insane.

]]> By: Astrotoy7 http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia#comment-11767 Astrotoy7 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:40:45 +0000 http://onlyumpc.com/news/asus-r2h-now-in-australia#comment-11767 What crap. Aussie consumers get shafted again. Do what I did - I got mine from mobileplanet in the US. $1500 express shipped. Works a treat. It seems they are charging us an extra $700 for a bluetooth keybaord and an extrenal DVD, whoch you can buy separately for less than $100 if you look in the right places :) It has an International warranty, so I dont give a toss if Asus here wont support it - I'll send it back under its US warranty. What crap. Aussie consumers get shafted again. Do what I did - I got mine from mobileplanet in the US. $1500 express shipped. Works a treat. It seems they are charging us an extra $700 for a bluetooth keybaord and an extrenal DVD, whoch you can buy separately for less than $100 if you look in the right places :)

It has an International warranty, so I dont give a toss if Asus here wont support it - I’ll send it back under its US warranty.

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