[Trezoid]

I'm in Australia where we get all that stuff (and amazon sells books and not a whole lot else) and my tax rate (in a relatively high tax bracket) is ~35%, a chunk of which is paying off my (government run, non-profit) university debt. Judging by the sibling comments, it seems like that high cost is about -5% tax at best...

[cylinder]

Fyi Amazon will ship televisions to Australia for about $130. Usually it still ends up cheaper than buying domestically.