Shipping from the US sucks balls. On top of that, Ebay adds another 10 percent of the item cost, plus the shipping cost, to (supposedly) pay the Australian Government "Goods and services tax" (GST) The thing is, there is no GST on used items that one private seller sells to another private buyer, i.e., if Frank was selling me one of his frame kits, I wouldn't have to pay GST, but Ebay just charges GST on everything.
Ebay's HQ is in Switzerland (tax haven) and to my knowledge, don't pay any tax in Australia, so I can't help but wonder how much of the GST that I pay (and I've paid well over $1000 of GST on various Kawasaki Zed parts recently) actually goes to the Australian government, and how much Ebay just pocket? Fcukers, I think I'll start my own version, called "Terry Bay" and Ebay can lick the sweat off my wrinkly gonads...........