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Originally Posted by tlgerdes
Ring Ring, "Hi Mr Telescope Manufacturer, I want to buy 5 ED120s, what is your price?"
Ring Ring, "Hi Mr Telescope Manufacturer, I want to buy 50 ED120s, what is your price?"
Who do you think is going to get the best deal??? 
The US market is a lot bigger than ours, but if you keep buying in from the US, there is no way our market can get bigger to bring the price down.
A bit of a circular problem if you ask me.  |
Speaking specifically about Celestron.
Extravision used to be the 1 & only Celestron distributor in Australia. (now there is a new one & only as Extravision have lost the distributorship).
Extravision supplied all of the Celestron equipment to all retail outlets in Australia. Therefore, Extravision would have had a reasonable "order" from the manufacturer.
Individual retailers do not order Celestron products direct from the overseas supplier.
I visited the Extravision warehouse in Capalaba, Brisbane, a few times. Each time I went there it was packed to the rafters with Celestron scopes & other gear.
The distributor would remove the "small order" issue you are talking about. This still doesn't explain why a specific Celestron scope is 3 times the US retail price here in Oz.