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Hi Were Coming Out To Ive In Brizza Next Jan And Are Stoping Over In Singapore For A Few Days On The Way.
We Were Thinking Of Buying A Large Screen Tv From There As They,re A Lot Cheaper But Wondered If We,d Get It On The Plane Ok ?
Anyone Ever Done This ? Cheers

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Now that i would pay to see.....trying to get a 42" plasma in a overhead locker

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has anyone got any sensible answers ? just thought we may have to pay a bit extra with being over our allowance .

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Ok sensible answer...why stress out over saving a few bucks..buy one here at least you'll have the warranty and probably less chance of having it damaged in transit

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[what goods the warranty if were in oz ? just thought they,re packed pretty sturdy anyway and just get someone to put some extra packing around it and obviuosly label as fragile ?
i just thought a few people mite av thought of this before with elec goods bieng so cheap in singapore but pehaps ur rite.

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Sorry...forgot you wouldn't know I'm in brizzy...just thinking that when we came over a few years ago the last thing I would have felt like doing after a long flight was buying a tv

spalen

Sensible Answer:

- The price difference is marginal at best - honestly this stuff is cheap in Aus too. ( www.jbhifi.com.au) is a main stream discounter store like Richer Sounds)

- You would have big warranty issues that would need to be carefully resolved

- These things are seriously heavy - large screen do you mean 42" plasma?

- The excess baggage costs would be horrendous , these take two people to carry, think about how you'd feel trucking up to check-in with a suitcase that took two blokes struggling to carry it and think about how much you would fear the cost of that - it would almost certainly outweigh any savings on purchase price.

- They are delicate and do not travel well (so high likelihood of it being busted when you get it to Aus ).

The net of all this - the price in Aus wont be much different to the price in Singapore. The price in Aus and Singapore are both cheaper than mainstream UK. Dont bother!.

Pollyana

Excess baggage!!! It won't go as hand luggage, cos it won't fit in the locker - that actually was a sensible answer you were given! Hold luggage - 50-50 chance of it getting here in one piece, but I wouldn't hold my breath
Next - just being picky - its brissie not Brissa - don't ask me why, but I know if you call it Brizza the locals will give you funny looks (I know that cos I'm married to one and he just said )

and - sorry, my personal beef - don't start each word with a capital letter - makes it conusing to read!!

Vash the Stampede

Exactly.

His point was that you should buy one once you arrive in Australia, so that your warranty would count for something.

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[Get A Life

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[Also I Am An Electrician Not a Typist. Most People Are Very Helpful On This Forum, And Are Not Here To Knock Others Typing Skills!!! SoThanks For All The Sensible Replies, Much Appreciated. It Was Just A Thought>

ray2gill

Any new item which you take in to OZ will incur tax/duty. :scared: A 42" screen would be a little difficult to hide. They can also tell by the serial number where it was purchased.

Suggest you look on some websites and see what the prices are.

Maggie

Wendy

Panasonic 42 inch High Definition TV, will cost you about $3k. You may be able to haggle that down a bit though, I got $1k off ours ($500 cos it was on sale, and $500 cos my Aunt is great at haggling!)

The Bloke

Any warranty is nul and void (at destination country)once you leave the country of origin of the product, so if something goes wrong you would be screaming as to why no-one in Australia will fix it. You would then also have to pay for the freight back to the country of origin to have it fixed, if they would fix it at all and run the risk of further damage OR loss.

Labelling something as fragile WILL NOT ensure that it is handled correctly and doesn't end up in a thousand pieces.

The Bloke

Trying to read sentences this way is very confusing and can be annoying to some(almost as much as paragraphs without punctuation marks), plus it is extremely difficult to type each word starting with a capital letter, even deliberately doing it.