> sheesh! look at the guy's email address people. *.au = Australia.
> We have several things causing the PM's to be not $3k
> 1. Dollar exchange rate. approx AU$0.76 = US $1.00
Here is the latest Currency Exchange Rate:
As of April 21, 1997:
Rate: Australian Dollar per 1 United States Dollar : 1.288660
Rate: United States Dollar per 1 Australian Dollar : 0.776000
Doesn't this mean that 1 US dollar will buy 1.288 Aussie Dollars?
> 2. Import duties
> 3. Sales Tax.
> 4. Local Distrubutors mark-up (on wholesale from Livingston)
> 5. Smaller population = less sales = higher overheads for distributor.
> (I assume)
>
> Mervyn Jack, Technical Services, Country Netlink, Cobram, Vic, Australia.
> Providing Internet access to the Cobram, Shepparton & Benalla local call
> areas.
> Phone 03 5871 1000 | Fax 03 5871 1874 | Mobile 019 438419
> Work: http://www.cnl.com.au | Personal: http://www.cnl.com.au/~mervynj
>
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