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In Reply to: RE: Mains power here is 240 V …. posted by three_sox on March 17, 2012 at 16:24:43
We're hoping to move to Sydney but won't know for sure for some months. If I may ask, people seem to move into Sydney and then move out after awhile. What makes them go? It seems like such a nice place.
Why do you mention checking RWA prices before arriving in Australia? Couldn't I just buy the unit wherever it is cheaper including shipping?
How do customs taxes work? If I ship something to myself in Australia, do I have to pay customs on it?
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Sydney is a coastal city. The city stretches across nearly 1600 square kilometres.
Some folks love it and other folks move on for a myriad of reasons.
Property and rents are expensive in many parts of Sydney compared to some parts of the USofA and other parts of Australia. It all depends where you are going to be living in Sydney and what you are there for.
I don’t know what the pricing of RWA gear is but I suspect it is more expensive here than in the States.
We do have Customs/Excise that needs to be paid as well as GST (tax) on goods with a value over $1,000 dollars au if they come from overseas.
A potential problem with buying new gear in the USofA and shipping it to yourself is there will be no warranty here in Australia for goods purchased elsewhere. I think you will fall foul of Customs as well.
Smile
Sox
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Not all goods and services - most.
The Government decided that it would cost too much money to collect GST for everything coming into the country, so they imposed this (arbitrary) limit of $1,000.
So when I buy LPs from an Oz record shop, I pay GST but when I order from Acoustic Sounds or Audiophile USA, I don't.
And there's no GST on fresh food - only packaged or processed food.
Regards,
Andy
I thought it was less regressive than our sales tax where the poor pay a higher percentage of their income into the tax than do the rich.
That's only 40kms x 40kms. I would've thought Sydney was more like 60 x 60kms - or even more? :-))
(With not much in the way of public transport, which is why people leave! :-)) )
Regards from Mexico,
Andy
Left Sydney for Mexico andyr? I hear the sea level is rising one cm a year.
Cheers
Bill
I live in Melbourne - Australia's "Boston" vs. the "LA" of Sydney. Sox lives on the north coast of New South Wales and Victoria is the next state south ... so I'm "south of the border".
New South Welshmen like to think they live in the most important State compared to us Victorians - kinda like the US vs. Mexico. So my use of "Mexico" acknowledges I'm south of his border. :-))
And, yes, a calls me a "wetback".
Regards,
Andy
PS: In terms of the sea level rising 1cm a year - the earth has long, long cycles of that sort of thing. Around 10,0000 years ago, Australian Aborigines were able to walk from the mainland to the island of Tasmania.
So the sea level must've been 300' lower than it is today. Some time after that, the sea rose to the level it is now and they became isolated.
andyr, just couldnt resist posting this, my all tme great Bushrangers team!
B. Lawry (Captain)
L. Hassett
N. Harvey ( saw him play in 1960)
D. Hussey
M. Hussey
Dean Jones
Wade (WK)
Keith Miller
Shane Warne
Pattinson
Bill Johnston
Ponsford
unbeatable at the MCG. What do you think.
Best Regards
Bill
I am completely bereft of interest in cricket ... so I can't double your bet!! :-))
I also have zero interest in our version of football ("Aussie Rules") - or your code! :-)) (There is no 'I' in 'Team' - wasn't it Vince Lombardi who said that - great, Vince, so you can spell! :-)) )
Regards,
Andy
... It all depends how faceless boffins define the boundaries of a city. Sydney is supposedly twice the size of New York.
The Greater Sydney Basin is of course a very much larger area.
I left Sydney but as I have never caught public transport, except for maybe a year or so at school, I really don’t think the public transport system is the reason I left :)
Smile
Sox
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... By the time I went to school I was nearly eligible for my licence.
Smile
Sox
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