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Selling Refurbished Goods As New May Be Common Among Australian Retailers 
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Harvey Norman Unveils GST-Free Direct Import Gaming Website Gerry Harvey’s made no secret of how miserable he is with the Australian retail scene, and especially the online shopping future, but he’s bowed to the inevitable; Harvey Norman’s online presence now offers web shopping — sort of.
Harvey Norman’s latest bundling deal involves a free Xbox 360 with any Asus laptop over $700. There’s a fair range of models on offer, and while Harvey Norman’s prices aren’t always the sharpest in the market, you could always get the 360 and sell it off online to lower the total price. [Harvey Norman via OzBargain]
I’ve got two hands, so I guess at a pinch I could use two digital cameras simultaneously, but that’s probably not the point of Harvey Norman’s Buy One Get One Free (BOGOF) sale, which will give you a second digital camera free from a selected range when you buy one. You’ve got to look over the site carefully for the models with the red “bonus” label, but there’s a range of models on offer — but point and shoot only; cameras with removable lenses are specifically exempt. [Harvey Norman]
The Age quotes Harvey Norman representatives as being unhappy about the Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction. Not so much on technology grounds — moreso because there’s money out there that it’s not making and importers are.
There’s ‘free’ and then there’s ‘free when you buy something quite expensive’. Harvey Norman’s latest deal falls into the latter category; they’re offering the Toshiba AT100 Tablet for free when you buy any Toshiba Laptop for more than $1000.
The Australian reports that executives at Harvey Norman are considering their position on selling the McTivia media streamer, due to concerns over its potentially copyright-infringing promotion of VPN services to access overseas video content.
Skepticism abounded when Kogan announced last week that it would offer free TVs if customers could find equivalent models cheaper at JB Hi-Fi or Harvey Norman. He’s proven true to his word: Gus at Lifehacker notes that at least four customers will be getting free panels, including (by the looks of it) one lucky Gizmodo commenter.
Ruslan Kogan’s never been a man to shy away from attacking his retail rivals. His latest gambit? Find an equivalent telly on sale cheaper at JB HiFi or Harvey Norman, and he’ll send you one of his — for free.
HP’s announced that it’ll resume a limited production run of TouchPads — most likely because it’d be less of a loss to finish off spare parts than to just dump them — but they’ll stay stateside only.
