isochronic Guru Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 689
Posted: 04:54am 03 Jun 2018
tch, tch, tch.. (skippy noise )
Seriously though it pisses me off. The impetus was from major domestic retail chains - often selling stuff that is dated technology and overpriced because of "added service" (?), who generally don't sell hi tech anyway.
The upshot for Aus users, is buying pics/atmels/most ICs/pickit4 etc from the US will cop the GST.
I think there should be a exception for R&D tech components, so cutting edge/disruptive tech development and transfer is not disadvantaged.