As you know we are an Aussie internet based business. You may not know that some 75% of our business still comes in over the phone or from people walking in our front door. So we are following the debate over whether overseas goods ordered online should be charged a blanket GST with great interest . There's no doubt that since the dollar began its dance with parity, Aussies have been shopping overseas in droves.
On the one hand the big boys are lobbying for a blanket GST, while on the other hand some industry critics are saying that it's more to do with how the big retailers have had it so good for so long that they should get 'up to date' and use their considerable power and money to take a long hard look at their own methods or marketing.
I'm attaching a price list from a US herbal supplements internet business. Cassie took the most popular supplements and researched locally to compare price and quality. It makes very compelling sense that something's gotta give locally. The quality, as you'll see, is just not available in Australia, which is, I suspect, germaine to the whole debate.
BTW, if you do download it, there's $5 off your first order if you want to make use of it. And if you can't think of a present for someone close, send them the download.
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