Nope. But i also own around $100k in Amazon stock, so perhaps I'm just super bias?
I live in Canada, i tried to buy a iRobot 960 [$849 + 13% HST = $959.37 CA on Amazon] and ship it to my sister, she is building a house, and getting married...i love my Roomba and thought it'd be a fun present. Sadly I cannot do this, and since Amazon is just a book store in Australia there is really no option for using Amazon here.
The 'competition', Harvey Norman, lists the same item at $1399 AU. For fun, the exchange rate is $1.01 AUD for $1 CAD, pretty damn close. Import taxes I assumed, but then I found a cheaper and lesser known electronics website in Australia sells it for $1049 [taxes included]. Pretty close!
The moral to this story: Amazon will continue to be successful and grow as long as traditional retail insists on ripping off it's customers. I look forward to them prioritizing growth over profits for years to come, the entire world remains!
It's also (AIUI) that Australian workers are paid a reasonably fair wage, even if they're moving packages in a warehouse, delivering parcels or floor staff in a shop.
Minimum wage in Australia is double that in the USA.
Here in Denmark, the minimum wage is even higher (2.5 times USA plus pension) and the vacuum more expensive than in Australia.
I live in Canada, i tried to buy a iRobot 960 [$849 + 13% HST = $959.37 CA on Amazon] and ship it to my sister, she is building a house, and getting married...i love my Roomba and thought it'd be a fun present. Sadly I cannot do this, and since Amazon is just a book store in Australia there is really no option for using Amazon here.
The 'competition', Harvey Norman, lists the same item at $1399 AU. For fun, the exchange rate is $1.01 AUD for $1 CAD, pretty damn close. Import taxes I assumed, but then I found a cheaper and lesser known electronics website in Australia sells it for $1049 [taxes included]. Pretty close!
The moral to this story: Amazon will continue to be successful and grow as long as traditional retail insists on ripping off it's customers. I look forward to them prioritizing growth over profits for years to come, the entire world remains!