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Originally Posted by Nikolas
Seriously what could go so wrong?
It arrived it is perfect it works. In the rare occasion one of these are faulty there are other ways of getting it serviced/repaired that still would be cheaper than paying the full price.
I have bought large ticket and small ticket items from Bintel but since they shut up shop in Melbourne it's been a nightmare. I've ordered 2 items from them and they never take out the postage cost until AFTER it has been sent so you are never sure how much an item will cost to be sent to Melbourne. It's a little dishonest as it's not in the final price. This is not the Bintel I supported.
Ozscopes are ok but they don't stock a lot of stuff. It's getting harder to get what you need locally. Warranty is nice to have but it's not the be all and end all when I purchase stuff that is hundreds of dollars cheaper for medium and small ticket items.
How many people buy second hand and are happy?
unfortunately as long as we are gouged by the importers the retailers are the ones who suffer.
So you should not have a beef with the end user your beef is with the importers and the middle men. *cough celestron cough* is a prize example. I know that there are changes in motion with celestron but it's nothing set in concrete yet and they are still over priced here.
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I had a beef with the particular end user who just didn't know how to do simple sums. We were talking about an item that was actually cheaper to get locally!
I caught up with Celestron and they're still setting themselves up as Celestron Australia. They were way overpriced still land that's why we decided not to do Celestron. They only want to deal with container-loads now, but if one's dealing with that volume, you'd expect steeper discounts, but I'm not sure if this is the case. We'll see, we'll see.
So following your logic your beef shouldn't be with the retailer, but with the importers and middle men?
I thought one calls Bintel direct for a shipping quote first? Strange that they charge you after... but that said it's really hard to make a shipping quote calculator that doesn't screw up half the time.
I just want to share with you some of the inner workings of a LAS and the reasons behind our prices.
Yes, we can repair and help, but some products require specific parts, and some suppliers will only support and supply parts if it was bought from that particular authorized dealers.