Reminder: Book Depository to charge GST from July

PowerPants on 21/06/2018 - 18:30

Just a reminder that Book Depository will start charging GST on all orders with "a customs value of $1000 or less" from July.

Will books ordered offshore still be cheaper than purchasing in Aus? Mostly not except for some titles according to Booktopia chief executive Tony Nash who rolls out the "level the playing field" line and says the money will go directly into health and education and a mysterious category called "etc":

"It will level the playing field on the bulk of their titles but on some titles they'll still be competitive because of the availability of international editions and their aggressive [pricing] stance.

"More importantly, the Australian public will know the money they're sending offshore, 10 per cent of that will go back into funding health and education etc."

https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/06/15/10…

I'm not sure what books he is referring to because most books I order are significantly cheaper from offshore, even with an extra 10% and sometimes postage added.

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  • Halo375 on 21/06/2018 - 18:41
    +10

    So the Amazon owned Book Depository has figured out how to collect GST but the rest of Amazon can’t? I guess this was just the excuse they wanted to try to promote a disappointing venture into the land of Oz…

  • chichi on 22/06/2018 - 09:34
    +2

    "‘Book Depository is often 10 per cent less than our price which means we’ll now be competitive,’ said Nash."
    I imagine it won't make a huge amount of extra sales for Booktopia. Often the difference is much more than 10 percent so he might want to hold off on that happy dance he is doing.

    I wonder if Wordery will be doing the same?

    • PowerPants on 23/06/2018 - 12:53

      "…he might want to hold off on that happy dance he is doing."

      It’s CEO-speak, not something he actually believes.

  • AussieDaddy on 14/11/2018 - 07:20

    I thought they were going to add 10% on top of the prices listed on their site, but it seems the GST is already included on the prices you see there. Have just bought two books on BD and no extra 10% were added to the final amount.

    • kerfuffle on 14/11/2018 - 07:21

      They did. The inclusive of GST appears to be a recent addition

      • AussieDaddy on 14/11/2018 - 07:51

        I see. That makes sense. I was wondering whether I was going to be charged a further 10% GST after I added the books to the cart. The two books I bought were already discounted and cheaper than Booktopia, even before the $6.95 shipping cost.

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