i tend to ship from japan and hong kong a lot so it's fairly cheap tbh. but every time i've seen something from the uk or the us, the shipping is so expensive and i'm here like
edit: i just saw that you're from australia and ya shipping from america to here is rlly expensive so see if there's a cheaper version from an asian store online ??? i guarantee with most shops (*cough*excluding cdj*cough*) the shipping will be much more reasonable.
Shipping for my Docs was like $40 and my ma was so annoyed by that. And at least Hot Topic ships to where you live. Many online stores don't ship to where I live.
i've never encounted horrible quality tho so i must be doing something right