I get that prices vary around the world for a variety of reasons but, if you think about it, the deep web is essentially like a free trade agreement for drugs since independent regional markets merge into a bigger unified market, giving buyers and suppliers access to each other's markets. Normally, the result of these agreements is that prices become similar in all participating regions... yet Australian prices are still insane.
I can see this making sense without the deep web since per-unit-price is going to be higher as large shipments via boat/train/truck would be difficult or outright impossible, and also because people pay what they have to pay, but why would an Australian pay $300G+ for a local supplier when the option to pay $90G-$120g is available to them?
I can't see the time difference in shipping being worth that 300%+ premium and with that kind of markup, you'd need 2 out of every 3 packages being seized before local purchasing becomes a financially superior option.
Is there some other reason that this happens? Exceptionally good postal inspection, like drug sniffer dogs checking every package so that they actually do seize 2 out of every 3 packages? Can someone explain to me why someone from AUS would deal with a local supplier and pay so much more instead of having it shipped in from elsewhere?
Have any of you aussies purchased from overseas? What was your experience like?
Australian customs are brutal. Australia is an island that has had problems with species that have been imported. They check shit coming in way more than the US.