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Old 02-10-2009, 08:13 PM
TrevorW
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Originally Posted by glenluceskies View Post
Sorry Claude, but this gets raised almost monthly here on IIS, seriously, monthly. Every man and his dog has a whine about local prices, then it all goes away.

Why did this thread degrad from Peter's original genuine thread, to another thread criticising local dealers and prices?
Actually it didn't but moreso in general prices persei across the board

as someone with accounting background wouldn't it be more profitable to sell 10 items at $10 than 5 and $15

retailers in Australia markup extravagantly

examples abound

Kathmandu
recently purchase a casual jacket for $50 original price tag $300
purchased a Goretex jacket $230 around price $539

do you honestly think a pair of Bonds hipster trunks now made in China are worth $15-20 or cost anyware near that in materials and labour

please get real the sooner people stop accepting these price rip offs the sooner things will change

and yes when a recent price war raged on this site I compalined bitterly to the retailer how he could justify a price drop of sevaral hundred dollars in the space of a few months

furthermore the same supplier is lucky I haven't referred the matter too the ACCC as there is such a thing as false and misleading advertisement
what about recelling the product and taling the issue up with the manaufacturer

and as a lot of people know warranties are warranties and a lot are not worth the paper they are written on

Cases abound of blantant price rip offs everywhere in this country
and yet we continue to put up with it because of necessity and the lack of Govt intervention
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