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Regarding people selling equipment to U.S.A. only

I am in Australia and find many things I would like to buy but mostly people will only ship to US or Canada.Is it very complicated to ship overseas? If I were to pay for some speakers and their shipping by bank transfer could the seller simply take the boxes to his local Fedex or the like or is it more complex than that.I am aware that there are some Paypal scams happening from the far east but if I were to deposit funds directly into the sellers bank account would this not make the transaction foolproof and risk free for them
joecrowe
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sbank
3,378 posts
 
I sold a center channel speaker from Pennsylvania to Korea. Bought tubes from Hong Kong & Italy. No problems on any deals. It's a small world for audiophiles.
Cheers, Spencer
joecrowe OP
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Thanks for your responce fellow audiogoners, I now understand the process from a sellers perspective,
vincentdlee
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Hey Joe,I live in Australia too, I bought a MCintosh power amp from Clinton and the transaction was perfect. All you have to do is pay for the shipping, import duty and GST. But the thing is the cost in total's still much cheaper than buying new here in Aus. I don't know what the hell is going on over here... but evrything here's so expensive, enven second hand gear...and so cheap in US... you may have the same opinion with me 'bout that...if you need my help in import gears just e-mail me...Vincent
foxtrot
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I live in Chile and have bought a couple of time in A'gon and Ebay. I work for a shipping company so I have the items shipped to our agents office in Philly, he takes it on board the ship and 12 days later it's here, it's not quick but it's free...I've brought speakers, amps, receivers, etc with no problem.

When the unit is too big and doesn't fit in my jeep (sneak it out of the port...oops, don't tell anyone lol}, I have to pay an 18% VAT and 5% imports duty...it's way cheaper than buying local anyway.

Regards,
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