Who are the thieves??
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A couple of weeks ago I got my jacket stolen. It was a great leather and wool jacket. 
Not only did the thief get my jacket, he got my mp3 player as well. 
I'm not sure what he's going to do with it though, as it was purchased overseas and the recharger is not sold in Australia. 
Anyway, last week I decided that I would get a Sony voice recorder with a basic mp3 player and FM tuner. Here's the beauty:
I looked it up at Sony's site and it sells in Australia for 199 Australian Dollars + shipping. 
Too expensive!
I used shopbot.com.au to find better prices, and the best I could get was something like 160 + shipping.
So I went to Amazon. The price was less than half!!
HOWEVER, and don't ask me why, amazon does not ship electronics to Australia.
I did some more research. I found technoweb (based in the US also), with a really fantastic price and international delivery. BUT, although the price was good, the shipping expenses were actually more the product itself!! what a joke! 
Finally, I came across www.frys.com, also based in the US. The price was excellent and shipping expenses VERY REASONABLE. So, I've actually purchased the voice recorder I was after for half the price I would have had to pay in Australia.
(I did check customs.gov.au to make sure about import taxes and stuff, and everything is ok as the imported goods are for personal use and below the 1000$ mark).
Now, isn't this a strange world we live in? Buying something thousands of miles away, paying for this product's airfare and everything 
, it's actually HALF the price than buying it here?? Who are the real thieves in this story, the ones who stole my jacket or the ones who try to sell me this voice recorder for 200$?
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