GST refund?

coming to australia for three months next december.

Would like to buy a new laptop from dell in australia.

Does anybodyknow if I can get a refund for the 10 % GST when we leave in
march?

Max

maxi wrote:

Would like to buy a new laptop from dell in australia.

Is Australia a good place to buy a laptop?

Does anybodyknow if I can get a refund for the 10 % GST when we leave in
march?

the rules are quite restrictive. I didn't know them and I arrived
with a pile of receipts at the airport and none of them qualified.
You have to arrange your purchase specifically with the idea of
getting the refund. Just about anything you buy in a normal shopping
pattern won't do. You have to have spent over a certain limit for
each item (laptop I'm sure qualifies) and at one shop at one time.

You need to look at the rules in detail

Joe
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maxi wrote:
coming to australia for three months next december.

Would like to buy a new laptop from dell in australia.

Does anybodyknow if I can get a refund for the 10 % GST when we leave in
march?

Only if you bought it within 30 days of leaving.

Full details are available from
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4366

Scott

Raffi Balmanoukian a wrote:
I'd personally think not - the power supply is different, the warranty MAY

Most power supplies for notebooks now days will work anywhere in the world,
you just need to get the local cable for the end (readily available in
pretty much every country in the world) or an adaptor.

only apply in Aus (check Dell) and the keyboard is slightly different.

Dell do world-wide warranties, but I think you might need to pay extra
to get them (and/or their Custom Cary thingy)

Scott.

in article 1099142741.804368@docbert, Scott Howard at
wrote on 10/30/04 10:25 AM:

Raffi Balmanoukian a wrote:
I'd personally think not - the power supply is different, the warranty MAY

Most power supplies for notebooks now days will work anywhere in the world,
you just need to get the local cable for the end (readily available in
pretty much every country in the world) or an adaptor.

True. However - I'm not sure what the voltage is in Belgium (land of the
OP, apparently), but if it's different from Aus you'd not only need the
adapter, but a voltage converter - couple that with a surge protector, and
you're into a configuration I'd not be thrilled with using in conjunction
with a sensitive piece of electronics

(then again, I've charged cameras with an inverter plugged into my car
adapter with no dramas....)