At 06:41 PM 04/04/2003 -0500, you wrote: >> Curiously, however, I see and occasionally buy Aussie fruit >> (peaches, >> pears, and the like, in tin cans). It is less expensive to me than >> it is >> for a friend in Melbourne. Go figure. >> >We don't pay the taxes (VAT) they do ! > Now that you mention that, it seems not at all so curious any more.