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Originally Posted by dpastern
Doug - I'll counter argue to that - maybe local distributors are just too expensive? I mean, If I can get a item from overseas, add shipping at retail rates, import duty, GST and still be CONSIDERABLY
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COSIDERABLY WHAT? Cheaper I gather. The desision is yours but the risk is also yours.
Retailers like plumbers and electricians can charge whatever the feel like and whatever they feel the market can bare, and probably will do so.
You can attempt to pull the price down by limiting trade with them but in doing so you risk them going out of the market totally. No retailer equals no service.
As it stands we don't have restrictive trade practices like some companies in the US practice. Meade for example, don't allow their retailers to legitamately deal with Australia. Another is SBIG.
Prices tend to reflect the ecconomic standing of the population/ market in the country they deal in and also reflect the size of the market.
Prices at a company like OPTCORP would most certainly be much higher if they only worked from a shop front without the internet, overseas and US continental market.
Come on!!!! We pay more. Fact of life.. All the slagging in the world won't change that... It may change the fact that we have local dealers who provide an after sales service and warranty backup.
I know what I want, at least for the bigger purchases I will make.
I don't know of too many local retailers who are rolling in cash from their exhorbitant charges, most are just like you and me, trying to make a living doing something they enjoy and trying to provide a reasonable service to us all.