Price comparisons

Important notice - read Carefully
Our radio products conform to Australian regulations, which do differ slightly from the standards implemented in the USA or Europe. Chargers, also conform to Australian 240V, 50Hz and Australian plug standards.

Fox-Com is the only Authorised Australian importer for these units. We do not service or provide warranty units imported directly fom overseas. If you are willing to take the risk of a direct import, please read this carefully. When comparing prices, rememberthat Fox-com supplies complete, ready for use kits, not just the intercom units by themselves.

What can seem an attractive price on an overseas web-site can quickly turn into a nightmare. Let's do a quick comparison. This was done in March 2003 and may not reflect current prices or exchange rates. You will need to do the sums yourself, but the example is instructive. We take the popular HJC-50 for our example.

HJC-50. $US 75 (gee, that's cheap!)
Headsets - $US 60 (what - they weren't included?)
Extension cord - $US 20 (or that?)
Audio cord - $US 10 (or that either?)
Ah well, that still only comes to $A 295. We must be in front - until

Freight - DHL $A 75 (we kid you not)
Customs duty - $A 20 (did nobody mention that?)
GST - $A 39 (yes, you still have to pay it!)
Australian spec 240V, 50Hz charger, sourced locally $A 30 (oh yeah - the 110V charger is useless here)
All this now adds up to $A 459, while the locally sourced product is $A 425. This is an expensive way to save money! Now, in the unlikely event that you had a warranty claim take another look at the shipping. You are faced with the cost of shipping it back, and home again, because your warranty must be honoured by the supplier. Suddenly the already expensive bargain is looking sick.

The problem gets worse with the radio units. You can purchase anything we sell overseas, but they will operate in frequency bands approved locally, and not approved for use in Australia! Our radio units are already tuned to the correct frequency bands, so unlicenced operation is OK.