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Originally Posted by sasup
Forget about cost and lets focus on service. My 2 cents
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Cost
AND Service is what's required.
If I was going to forget about the prices charged in Oz in favour of service, then the service would need to be a damn sight BETTER than what is offered currently.
I have just purchased 3x EP's + Cats Eye collimation gear(2 sets) + Glatter Laser, all from the US.
Retail purchase + Packaging for multiple packages + delivery + Bank t/fer fees was a total of AU$2350.00
Just 1 of the EP's retails in Oz for AU$900 + delivery
All up, if I'd bought it all here, local purchase would have been close to AU$3100.
I saw in someone's post a comment about local retailers keeping stock.
Very few of them do. That's why it takes 6wks for them to deliver something to you after it's ordered. They order it direct from the O/S supplier & then it takes 6wks. They won't even pay the extra to send it via courier. (4 to 5 days from pretty much anywhere in the world)
& then charge a huge mark-up % for the "service".
I don't think so..................
We might be a small market, but not small enough to warrant the %'s charged.
I was speaking to someone only today who was interested in getting a scope, but were absolutly shocked at the prices when they started to look around.
They now have decided that Astronomy is not for them. The price is too restrictive.