>>4025664$499 isnt a sale price and I can prove it. Go look up teds cameras australia and search for the lens there. You will find that its currently on sale for $425 discounted from the retail $499. If 499 was a sale price, why would it be discounted from that again? 499 is the rrp here, other ausfags will confirm. But that's beside the point. The question is, is it more expensive for a britfag? Only the poster asking for advice will know so he will have to make a decision based on that.