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Originally Posted by g__day
If I buy The Sky6 Professional Edition from Astro Optical, it will cost me $475.00, if I buy it from Optcorp its USD $189.95 plus postage say $50 - so USD 240 / 0.88 is $272 - so a $200 mark up seems outrageous!
http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?...3-244-246-3597 |
I know this topic has been discussed so many times that it's not even worth replying to anymore.
But if you find a cheaper price from overseas, go for it !
We live in a "free" country and are allowed to vote with our money.
Better still, why don't you set up a physical shopfront in Crows Nest or in Glebe in the CBD supplying us with astro goodies from overseas so we can all take advantage of your lower prices.
Of coarse you would give us all mates rates and handle any returns and repairs with problem goods or with problem customers.
It's all to easy to shop online and find the cheapest price on the planet, add the shipping cost, convert to the Aussie dollar and Bob's your Auntie.
But it's Bintel we all run to for advice, it's Astro Optical we can walk into and see that scope in real life, then hop on the forums and bash the Aussie suppliers that have helped us progress in our wonderful hobby from back in the days when we didn't know which end of the scope to put the EP into.
Of coarse they are there to make a profit !
They are not the original manufacturer, hardly anything is made in Australia anymore !
There will always be a middle man and a markup.
So if you are willing to change things then set up shop and give them a run for their money.