A lot of tech stuff is pretty cheap. Hardware which is sourced from Taiwan and other nearby tech supply countries are reasonably priced when landed by the small

A lot of tech stuff is pretty cheap. Hardware which is sourced from Taiwan and other nearby tech supply countries are reasonably priced when landed by the smaller, sometimes Asian run firms. The big retailers have a cartel like influence you could argue. Just about everything not made of pulverised rock or grown in pulverised rock is imported from somewhere. This allows what should be tech commodity businesses to charge what the market will bear, rather than competitive prices. A bit like mobile carriers in the states really. Australia has a high tech take up, but its a very small market with a high dollar, so it's easy to get your dollars without worrying about volume.