Canon 1DX pricing in Australia

[gmrza]

I spoke to the guys at Michaels (Can you say "expensive"?) this afternoon. They mentioned a number of $8199 for the 1DX, but that is, according to them, still tentative. MSRP for the Powershot G1X is confirmed at $849. Apparently MSRP for the D4 is confirmed at around $7400. I wonder if Canon will come down closer to that level to match Nikon?

Michaels have also had both the D4 and 1DX to try out, but were not able to get any images off the 1DX.

 

[waving_odd]

So assuming you intend to import the camera into the UK legitimately, it would not be worth buying it from the USA.

But in Australia’s case, it certainly would..

Just wondered how many people actually do go for a holiday to the US and waltz back to the UK with a brand new camera or lens in their kit bag?

How would customs know? Do they have the power (or maybe more importantly the will or resources) to have you prove it was a UK purchase? How would they detect this?

It's just that one can definitely take a trip to the US and have a holiday into the bargain...just saying

Cheers

Jon.

I am sure a lot of people do it... Now if you get caught, in most countries that can be considered Tax Fraud, Smuggling or federal crime. Most likely if you get caught you will just face a fine as opposed to jail time, but the other thing to consider, if you do get caught, you will be on the customs list and EVERY time you enter the country, you will be inspected more closely.

Friend used to bring cigars in from Canada to the US and take the bands off so they could not tell the country of origin... Now while no charges were ever filed, the cigars were destroyed at the border, he has had 6 hour entries back into the US on subsequent trips where they literally have torn his car apart. And by the way... They do not have to put it back together again either.

Goods, especially expensive goods are not a joking matter. I shipped a very expensive suit to Switzerland and because of the declared value I needed to get a temporary Department of Commerce export license, and that was only a $4000 item.

Chances are you will not get caught... but if you do and you make a list... you can be assured that you likely will face a higher bit of scrutiny in the future.

For a camera, if you buy it in the USA then you should discard all boxes and packaging before you arrive back in your home country - in short, make it difficult for them to know that it is a new camera bought there and not something that you took out of the country with you.

Do the same, but just do it in Hong Kong. First, HK is little closer to Brisbane, Australia (OP's location on profile) than Los Angeles is, for example (closest metropolitan to Australia). Second, the air fare is cheaper. Third, there is NO sales tax in Hong Kong!!! Forth, if you go to those higher-end camera shops in HK, their salespeople should speak English pretty well.