There is a number of factors that affect the prices and the reason why we buy overseas when possible.
- Manufacture overseas - Cheap labour
- Manufacturing company is overseas - sell cheap over there lower margins for retailers her higher delivery costs.
- Nothing is manufacured over here - don't expect anything cheap even if we did manufacture something because standards here would bump up prices.
- Low Market - Comparably a small population base.
- Retailer owned by overseas companies - Money leaves the country further diminishing our value. (dosen't leave much for Australian owned compnaies)
- Finally consumers purchacing overseas's again money leaving the country.
I admire migrants as they have strong ties to there people they have left behind and they send money over there. Australian's in general are so complacant there is very little care to keep this country afloat. (BTW I am nin'th generation Australian)
Sorry about the post had a crap day explaining to Centrelink why my wife should be allowed to spend her money.
