http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/oliver-hartwich/ Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich is a Research Fellow with the Economics Program at The Centre for Independent Studies. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-are-we-ripped-off-let-us-count-the-ways/ Thanks to the high dollar, Australians have become the world’s most savvy online bargain hunters. Parcels with cheaper DVDs from the US, computer games from Hong Kong and books from Britain now arrive on our shores in the thousands every day. Australian buyers obviously know how much they can save by shunning domestic retailers for their overseas competitors. Little wonder when, say, Steve Jobs’ biography is selling for $44 in Australia but for the equivalent of just $18 in Britain. Some British online retailers even offer free world-wide shipping. What most Australians are probably unaware of is how much more they could save if it was possible to buy other goods internationally. Cars for example. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Oliver Hartwich) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-are-we-ripped-off-let-us-count-the-ways/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-are-we-ripped-off-let-us-count-the-ways/#item7378 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:55:37 +0000 Oliver Hartwich | Author bios | The Punch