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Originally Posted by TrevorW
I have no qualms about businesses profiteering, I mean thats what they are in business too do.
Ripping people off with outrageous markups I do
Retailers be warned although we are a smaller market don't treat us like fools or we will be doing more buying overseas at your expense.
As demonstrated by the North Chinese APO which people have been importing direct for under $1000 AUD and certain retailers have been trying to sell similar scopes for around $3000
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firstly i challenge you to provide the evidence that any $1000 AUD chinese scope is being sold for $3000 they were at last email I got being bought in US dollars (which depending on what extras you choose would go just over the $1000 US mark, then add Shipping etc and transaction fee charges. Ok lets look at the scenario:
For the typical $1000 US dollar the AUD was getting over the past few months
0.60 AUD $1666.67
0.65 AUD $1538.46
0.70 AUD $1428.57
0.75 AUD $1333.33
0.80 AUD $1250.00
0.85 AUD $1176.47
Now I paid for my scope $1234 USD all up when the AUD was 0.94 which made it $1312.76 delivered for my 127ED. Wasn’t I lucky! Other retailers had this scope in stock, but I took the risk knowing there really is no warranty and no guarantees so it was a 1300 dollar gamble. Retailers were offering warranty and slightly different scopes (not by much but there were slight variations). I chose to take the risk. They took a risk getting stock in and have to cover their costs, import duties and taxes. I got mine through without tax problems or import duty problems. Lets just get a clear picture-------RISK V’s Warranty and Service. These were duly weighed up in the decision process.
I have also just recently bought a Ha clip in filter from an Australian retailer, they really tried to lower their price to match what was on offer overseas but they couldn’t really match it fully. I bought it anyway from them, in the full knowledge that they had it in stock NOW which means they would have bought it when the AUD was lower, and if something was wrong they will look after it. So while they are not perfect they do try to come to the party.
So get the facts straight before broad siding Australian Astro retailers and making unsubstantiated sweeping statements. After all it’s a free market out there if your not happy bying from Aussie retailers then buy direct from OS. It’s your money, and you can only value the item and determine if it is worth it or not.