In Reply to: Digital camera purchase posted by Magdalenak on Thursday, 1. September 2005 at 08:11 Bali Time:
as recently I tried to do the same and was refused.
I checked in at Sydney airport 2hrs early as advised. A Sunday morning and the queue to the passport section snaked on and on.
Once inside went straight to the section to claim back the tax on my new camera (which is after the inside duty-free shops), where there was another queue and by then it was already just 25mins before take-off. Cut-off time for claiming back tax was 30mins and they are very strict about this.
You may also open and use your purchase prior to claiming back the tax.