The current import GST free cut-off is $1000. You may still get a note from customs directing you to their web site & instruction to complete multiple forms even though the cost (not including postage) is less than $1000. However if you email them instead with the invoice & the notice ID they will politely apologise for inconveniencing you for the delay. – daunting bureaucracy but delightful to talk to was my experience – your mileage may vary.
Chris Charles 0412 911 184 licole@ozemail.com.au 33deg 47’30″S 151deg10’09″E
On 25/08/2010, at 4:44 PM, Stewart Ford wrote:
> B&H is great. They were selling the older monarchs for USD120 last > year – a steal compared to aus pricing, even with postage. For more > expensive items customs will want 10% GST + about $50 handling > charge; it’s best to check with them what the cutoff price is, from > memory it’s around $500. > > Stewart > > On 25/08/2010, at 12:54, Peter Shute wrote: > >> I’ve recently bought a pair of Nikon Monarch III 8×42’s. The >> labelling of the various Monarch series seems to vary a bit, so >> it’s likely that they’re actually the same ones you mention, >> unless they still have old stock. The III series is a current >> model, as is the X series. >> >> My previous pair were Bushnell 8×42 porros, which I liked but >> found the focusing very stiff, as is apparently normal for >> waterproof porros. I’m happy with the new ones, they seem as good >> although I miss the wider view of the Bushnells. They’re certainly >> ok for the price. Not sure how they compare to the 10x42s. >> >> The big problem with the 10x56s (not x50 in the current series) is >> that the minimum focusing distance is 10m. The 8x42s are 2.5m, not >> sure about the 10x42s. I don’t need them to focus as close as >> 2.5m, but I think I’d find 10m a bit restrictive at times. >> >> I bought mine online, from B&H in the US, who are selling the >> 10x42s for US$299. They arrived within a week, from memory, and I >> could track the parcel location the whole way online. I’d prefer >> to buy locally, but you can’t ignore a price difference that high. >> See: >> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/671383-REG/ >> Nikon_7295_Monarch_ATB_10x42_Binocular.html >> >> To be sure you aren’t buying old stock, the III series has a big >> sticker on top of the right hand barrel saying that it has >> dielectric coatings, whatever they are. >> >> You should find a few discussions about them in the Nikon >> binoculars forum of birdforum. Here’s a link to a slightly >> obsessive thread I started there about identifying the various >> Monarch series: >> http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=1840863&postcount=17 >> >> For what it’s worth, I never leave anything on the roof of the >> car, there’s almost no chance I’ll remember it’s there. >> >> Peter Shute >> >>> —–Original Message—– >>> From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au >>> [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Bob Dawson >>> Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 1:57 PM >>> To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au >>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Nikon Monarchs and don’t put your >>> binos on the car roof! >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> >>> >>> I am in the market for a new pair of binos having driven off >>> after stupidly leaving my Bushnells on the top of the car >>> while doing some spot lighting on a recent trip to Darwin. >>> Not a great loss as they were a 10 year old $200 pair on >>> their last legs and I was about to replace them anyway. >>> Still, not the way I wanted them to go out. I would have >>> preferred having them as a spare! >>> >>> >>> >>> I cannot justify the cost of one of the really top pairs >>> available so I was looking at the Nikon 10×42 Monarch DCF HP >>> WP which retail here for about $750 odd. I have a small 10×25 >>> Nikon pair that I use for travelling and find them great. I >>> have looked at the archives and the Monarch seems to get a >>> pretty good rap from most people that have them but the >>> postings I have found are all over 3 years old. >>> >>> >>> >>> Are they still a good buy? Or is there another pair that >>> people think are as good or even better? Also, I would >>> actually prefer 10x50s, do people think there is much benefit >>> with the extra? >>> >>> >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Bob Dawson >>> >>> =============================== >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >>> send the message: >>> unsubscribe >>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >>> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >>> >>> http://birding-aus.org >>> =============================== >>> ============================== >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> send the message: >> unsubscribe >> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >> >> http://birding-aus.org >> ============================== > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ===============================
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