Australian General LEGO Update

[Furious_george]

Frozone. I spose it is possible it just got hammered early and sold out , but I was up at sparrows fart and it was gone by then.

[Amac]

I ordered about 6 am NSW time (small kids nil chance of sleep) trhat included 1 x set  Frozone. I looked again after sparrows outside farted and did notice it gone.

[Furious_george]

There you go. Your 6am is my 3am.

[Furious_george]

Present promo finally gone. Not sure if sold out or pulled.

[Val-E]

2 hours ago, Furious_george said:

Present promo finally gone. Not sure if sold out or pulled.

Isn´t it Monday in OZ now??? Promo was till 23h59.

[Furious_george]

Is now. Wasn’t ten hours ago.

[whoisbiggles]

On 11/16/2018 at 11:35 AM, Amac said:

retiring soon list has grown. lot of sets.

https://shop.lego.com/en-AU/New-Sets?callback=json&cc=au&count=18&do=json-db&i=1&jsonp=jsonCallback&lang=en&q=*&q1=backAgainFlag&rank=rank_vrs&sp_q_exact_9=au&userquery=*&x1=featured_id

 

Wow - great news - now to wait and see, how many winners and losers I've got.

[Amac]

we can now buy from Amazon US again. 

Also under the 'sale' tab on the Aus shop@home the list has grown of items discounted.

[Furious_george]

1 hour ago, Amac said:

we can now buy from Amazon US again. 

Also under the 'sale' tab on the Aus shop@home the list has grown of items discounted.

At what price point do we get gst added?

[Amac]

2 hours ago, Furious_george said:

At what price point do we get gst added?

todays SMH

"The global e-commerce giant instituted the ban after the government brought in a so-called "Amazon tax" which applied the 10 per cent GST to all online purchases being shipped to Australia from overseas to be collected by the retailer.  Previously, the GST only applied to items worth over $1000."

"However, the new rules will apply only to products that Amazon stocks and sells itself."

Edited November 21, 2018 by Amac
update

[Ted]

That is so unfair...a GST blanket on all items from Amazon?

Ted

[ED-209]

Just like eBay does now

[ED-209]

10 hours ago, Ted said:

That is so unfair...a GST blanket on all items from Amazon?

Ted
 

Well, technically on eBay it's not a blanket. With Australian sellers, they pay the GST and it's included in the price, while if you buy from eBay abroad, eBay charges you, the buyer for the 10% GST on top of your purchase, not the foreign seller. 

It seems that Amazon realised that they were losing out to eBay so they followed suit. Their pathetic FU to the Aus gov't backfired. Not to say I Iike our gov't either but that's how it is.

[Furious_george]

While I agree with you ed I’d have to say in Australia the buyer still pays gst. Its just nicely bundled in with the price. But I know what you mean.

edit. I re read what you said and it’s exactly what I said. 

Will see myself out......

Edited November 22, 2018 by Furious_george

[Ted]

Well, technically on eBay it's not a blanket. With Australian sellers, they pay the GST and it's included in the price, while if you buy from eBay abroad, eBay charges you, the buyer for the 10% GST on top of your purchase, not the foreign seller. 
It seems that Amazon realised that they were losing out to eBay so they followed suit. Their pathetic FU to the Aus gov't backfired. Not to say I Iike our gov't either but that's how it is.

"Included in the price" seems to be the key sentence....but anyway nothing much we can do....I wish it is the old formula of just charging tax or GST or whatever you call it on overseas purchases over $1000. However I am no professional economist so it might not work in this day and age...

Ted

[Amac]

Ninja City Docks 70657 is 30% off on shop@home. Good discount for once on shop@home.

[Amac]

On 11/17/2018 at 12:21 PM, Furious_george said:

Frozone. I spose it is possible it just got hammered early and sold out , but I was up at sparrows fart and it was gone by then.

frozone back at shop@home.

[Amac]

18 hours ago, Amac said:

frozone back at shop@home.

and gone again.

[Furious_george]

1 hour ago, Amac said:

and gone again.

Snagged the last of them, though I shouldn’t count on them just yet. Other set in orders went straight to wharehouse but old BH set is still stuck in processing. 

[whoisbiggles]

80101 and 80102 to be available @ lego.com.au? If true how long do ya reckon it'll last? My vote 5 minutes.

https://ramblingbrick.com/2018/11/29/region-exclusive-chinese-new-year-sets-will-be-available-in-australia-new-zealand-news-80101-80102/

[Furious_george]

6 minutes ago, whoisbiggles said:

80101 and 80102 to be available @ lego.com.au? If true how long do ya reckon it'll last? My vote 5 minutes.

https://ramblingbrick.com/2018/11/29/region-exclusive-chinese-new-year-sets-will-be-available-in-australia-new-zealand-news-80101-80102/

Nice find and yes, 5 minutes haha.

[whoisbiggles]

Confirmation / Rumour of a wider release, have to keep an eye out for an early boxing day sale release at Myer / DJ's

http://brickingaround.com/2018/11/29/these-chinese-new-year-sets-look-amazing-and-theyll-be-available-here/

[Lordoflego]

I want some Chinese sets. Let’s trade!

[Furious_george]

20 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

I want some Chinese sets. Let’s trade!

Sounds like a plan.

[Amac]

shop@home has stack-able free bonus items at the moment. Christmas Carousel and Kessel Mine Worker.