I used the UPS quote/calculator thing today and to ship 1x unit of Mercury from Sweden to Australia would cost me $550+ USD for shipping alone... that is not with any other fees or GST (which is payable on good purchased and imported to Australia over $1000 AUD)...
Currently KnC quote $172 for shipping a Mercury/Saturn/Jupiter to Australia
Previously before the design illustration changed it was $129
It looks like the dimensions and probably weight have increased. Not that I care. To me it's great sign as they must be getting closer to real product dimensions and specs.
BTW. I'm in Australia and I know that GST is payable on items over $1000, but not sure how this is applied to imported items delivered to the door.
Anyone from Australia have an idea?
I have no idea how they can pull that off. Do customers shipping lots of items get amazing discounts, or is the UPS calculator not worth a shit? Although A Mercury will apparently be 160 x 160 x 200 I put in 30x30x30 cm, I assume there will be some kind of things that need to go in the box, and of course packaging to keep it safe. (EDIT: I used the UPS quote site again... still over $400-500 for 16x16x20 cm...
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I'll take their word for it that they can ship for that price, but I still don't have $2167 anyway.
Also is the price shown for the units on their site USD? I suppose they could be doing geo-ip nonsense and it's in AUD, to me it doesn't seem so hard for them to add the currency to the end of the price.