Found this comment quite interesting from that thread smicko
Re: New/Used Boat prices in Australia and Importing a boat
Import DUTY for dealers? Quarantine costs? GST? Youll have to adapt trailers etc to Australian standards. You will find it hard to send the boat back if there is a problem with it.
Wages in USD are lower Greg. Its not that they get paid less; its all relevant.
The boat yard pays $2000 a month rent in the US; The boat yard pays $4000 a month rent in Australia.
Someone here might be paid $16 p/h; a can of coke is $2.50 in a deli. Someone in the US is paid $8 p/h in the equivalent but their cans of coke $1.20 in a deli
The US has just had a couple a runs of quantitative easing which has left the Aussie dollar out of whack. The yanks are in the ****, they are dumping stock as many companies go broke reflected in their unemployment rate. Currently overseas purchases are quite low; because the Aussie dollar is way out of whack with the US because they printed a few trillion USD the Aussie dollars we have will pour into the US via internet purchases etc. Interest rates will sky rocket to compensate. In a few years Australia will be in strife but not as bad as the US is currently. They're desperate and they're dumping stock as many go broke.
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