[Ashy]

I'm curious about some headphones to use while riding my bike and I don't like earbuds.
 
On ebay the portapros are $50 in the US but they are $100 in Australia.  On headphones.com.au they are $134.
 
Are they for sale anywhere in Australia for a reasonable price?

 

[phntmsmshr]

I wouldn't be buying anything through Australian vendors, since they are all pretty much guaranteed to be overcharging you by a ridiculous amount. Westone's official distributor in Australia sells W3 for $469, which is $20 MORE than you would spend on W4 from an official USA Westone distributor such as Earphone Solutions. Since the Porta Pro is a low risk model to be buying fakes, I'd probably just get them from eBay and buy yourself an mp3 player with the other 50-70 you'd have saved. As for headphones.com.au, they have some weird pricing policies in that they overprice the cheaper phones, and yet you can get SE535 for $478, cheaper than overseas. 

 

[Ashy]

Cool.  I bought them from a US seller on ebay.
Hopefully they don't take too long to get here.

 

[DaBomb77766]

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Cool.  I bought them from a US seller on ebay.
Hopefully they don't take too long to get here.

 
-cough- you can't get anything for a reasonable price in australia.
 
But yeah, importing from a foreign seller is definitely the way to go in this case.  Though you'll likely have to pay import taxes when it hits customs, not really sure how anal Australia is about that stuff.  I had to pay taxes when a shipment of mine (HD595s!) went through Canadian customs.

 

[cloudq]

most electronics with a total cost less than or equal to $1000 AUD is GST exempt at customs

 

[matto]

amazon

 

[phntmsmshr]

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amazon

unfortunately Amazon won't always ship electronics stuff to Australia, I've had several orders fail because of this policy.
 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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unfortunately Amazon won't always ship electronics stuff to Australia, I've had several orders fail because of this policy.
 

Amazon won't, but some of the resellers on Amazon might.
 

 

[phntmsmshr]

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Amazon won't, but some of the resellers on Amazon might.
 

maybe with cheaper IEMs or whatnot - but when I first started shopping around for my TF10s none of the resellers would ship them to Au. at all which was really disheartening because at the time for me it meant either eBay (no warranty) or buy them locally ($300-400... no chance). Glad I found out about other sellers through here. 
 

 

[sterob]

comgateway.com
 
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unfortunately Amazon won't always ship electronics stuff to Australia, I've had several orders fail because of this policy.
 

 
 

 

[phntmsmshr]

yeah that's a good site, discovered it recently.

 

[matto]

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unfortunately Amazon won't always ship electronics stuff to Australia, I've had several orders fail because of this policy.
 

I bought turbines and had them ship to me directly?..
 

 

[phntmsmshr]

yeah I don't understand it either, when I asked why I couldn't get anything shipped to me I was told my location wouldn't allow it. Kind of arbitrary but no great loss given the number of online sellers who will ship to Australia. 

 

[Nagasaki_Kid]

how about the px100 instead? I love my portapro but do think the px100 are on the same level

 

[matto]

I just tried to check out with the portapros and it would let me check out, it says sold by: Amazon Export Sales Inc. or something like that but yeah amazon.