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I order very little online, and nothing from overseas, except for my annual BIAB for which I opt to receive on HDD.
Has anyone had experiences with ordering from overseas since they brought in the new rules, making GST payable on offshore purchases. If so, how is the GST collected?
I haven't had a lot of luck in the past with downloading after purchase (it takes forever, and usually crashes a few times before it's completed.)
How long does it take you to complete the download(s), and do you experience any issues?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Keith
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Hi Keith,
Good questions.
I generally download most updates and patches and have downloaded even some Audiophile updates.
Even though it can take a good while, I also sometimes use a mass downloading management tool like DownThemAll. It takes care of drop outs and retries.
Presumably you're on NBN? (Although that doesn't necessarily mean an improvement in performance <frown>)
I can't actually recall what happened with GST last time. Someone else handled the delivery.
Other members will be able to help further I'm sure.
Trev
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Hi Trev, Thank you; perhaps someone else will chime in who has had first hand experience. Yes, we have NBN, but it doesn't'really make much of a difference to the download speed (as they promised. Grrrr) As an aside, I update BIAB each December, and my wife gives it to me for Christmas. Not sure how she'd feel if I downloaded it instead .... 
Cheers,
Keith
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There seems to be two parts to this:
1. What happens with GST? This seems to depend on the site, NI for example charge in AUD and have GST included. If you pay via PayPal GST is added. On some sites if you pay by Bankcard or Visa GST might be missed. So the answer is it depends on the site and their adherence to the Aussie GST.
2. The NBN? I have an NBN service which I have at 50Mb/s it gets fairly close to this speed (around 48Mb/s down and about 18Mb/s up). I find it very reliable these days but the speed stuff gets delivered at it often dictated by the remote end. NI for example take ages to deliver (but only seconds to hit your bank account). Izotope downloads take seconds, usually PG is fine but I had some issues last February but fine lately. Plugin Boutique is also very rapid (as are most places these days).
My experiences for what they are worth.
Tony
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Hi Tony,
Thank you for sharing your experiences and insights. I think that I'll order the HDD again (when PG releases 2020) and take it from there.
Cheers,
Keith
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Same as Tony...
For me, GST has always been added at the point of payment. Every once in a while I come across a site that doesn't include GST but that's pretty rare.
Noel
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