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Originally Posted by BOBBY
Hey Guys I run an business in WA and import about 80 containers a year from major UK manufactures but I can tell you we could never compete product for product with UK wholesalers. The costs involved with freight,customs and many other hidden charges makes it imposible. The other thing also to remeber is Australian wholesalers have to work on higher margins due to demand from a smaller population.
As for Australian Astro suppliers I would give Bintel (Sydney) 10 out of 10 Ive never had a problem Don and the guys run a good business
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In my original post I tried to account for all of those points.
I wasn't comparing the retail price here to the retail price in the US. I added all relevant import & shipping costs to the US retail price.
The only things I'm not sure of is the wholesale purchase price & the qty purchased from the wholesaler. I tried to be conservative on the qty & I assumed the wholesale purchase price was the same as the US retailers + some contingency.
I also worked on LCL which, as you would know, is much more expensive than FCL. So as a VERY general comparison the difference between the 2 prices would be the AU retailers margin which includes overhead & profit. OH shouldn't be more than 7%.
I agree with your comment regarding the smaller population. Some manufacturers / suppliers just flat out refuse to deal with me because I'm from Australia & in their words "The market isn't large enough"