I would not be so hard on them.
The cost of operating a business (wages, taxes, outgoings) in Oz is higher than in the USA (try getting a machinist here to work for $11 an hour)...with just 15th of their domestic market. Plus if you have stock you have bought at $US0.75, selling to reflect the current $A will send you broke in a hurry.
I look at more like a buying a seat on an airline. Sure there are 5 cent fares out there, but if you absolutely must travel on certain dates, its gonna cost....
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Originally Posted by mick pinner
that may be correct Peter and well done but that does not seem to be the norm across the board. AEC seem to follow the ups and downs of the dollar and yourself it seems so why not everyone else or are we to believe it's a captured market by some outlets.
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