Your basic assumption that higher prices in Australia is due to consumer protection laws is wrong. Its due to economies of scale, shipping costs and because the

Your basic assumption that higher prices in Australia is due to consumer protection laws is wrong. Its due to economies of scale, shipping costs and because they can. If consumer protection laws made any difference at all it would be insignificant. MTBF of a set number of devices are unrelated to the size of the pool paying to correct set failure, so individual risk payments would be inversely proportional to the size of the pool, ergo, my 2 year Australian extended warranty costs me $10, you American one costs you $200. Well that's how its supposed to work anyway...