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Originally Posted by Ric
Some companies in australia think they have a licence to rip off the consumer.
I recently bought a leather satchel from an english company for $146 with free postage, an excellent quality item and delivered in 7 days, 2 of which was a weekend.
The closest item in Australia was $495 plus $30 for postage. They also stated that it could take up to 10 days for delivery.
I agree, a lot of companies really need to lift their game.
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Hi Ric,
I am not sure that we are being 'ripped off', as such, by local retailers, it is more a case that it is expensive to conduct retail in Australia, however, it often feels that way though. I know of cases where the Aussie company cannot
buy it at the price overseas retailers
sell it for, go figure! Probably more to do with bulk discounts and higher volumes. I know volume discounts can be quite amazing, but we just don't have those volumes in Australia. There are many factors that affect price, so it isn't as easy as saying we are being ripped off. On other occasions, that is true.
I recently bought a high end measuring tool and in Australia the retail store wanted over $600 for it, which seemed fair, however, at that price I wouldn't have bought it. I simply didn't want it that much.
Looking online, and overseas, one dealer in the US had the exact same item at USD1,129 (which seemed close to the average price). How does that work then? On that price it was cheaper in Australia.
Looking further, I found it for a price that I consider worthwhile, although I thought the price was too good to be true. I ordered it at AUD120, and expected to get the usually response, can't ship to Australia, but they did ship, so I am happy. Sometimes, not asking questions is a good thing. I never ask if they will ship, just order it and hope that they ship it.
A lot of the time they say no, but occasionally it simply comes through.
Cheers Peter