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Originally Posted by Bassnut
OICURMT, out of curiousity, why are you assuming a starting price of full one off retail $US each for a wholesale purchase of 210 identical items ?.
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I've avoided jumping in but will add that the assumption that the "base" price for the USA and Australia is the same (or similar) is a huge assumption.
It is not unusual for "base pricing" on a number of items that I am familiar with to be higher (sometimes greatly) for the ROW (rest of world) compared to the USA.
Not just in price but also in terms...I am familiar with situations where US based dealers do not pay for stock until inventory is sold, where as ex-US distributors (wholesale, regional and dealer) must pay cash up front.
By all means feel free to buy overseas if you believe that it gives you more consumer value but don't denigrate on speculation that someone is making a "motsa" unfairly.
In my opinion, this oft repeated discussion topic is unproductive and can only create hard feelings...
To really bring some clarity to the futility let me suggest that instead of Astro Retailers that we consider that "plumbers" (doctors, lawyers, school teachers, food workers, farmers, mechanics etc.) in Australia charge too much and ripped me off when I lived there.
Now I am back in the USA I can see that plumbing (medical, legal, learning, food and automobile repair) is much less expensive here. All of the above service providers in Australia must be running a scam on everyone...
When I move back to Australia (some time in the future) I will share these "facts" with my local service providers, I am confident that it will be a successful approach to me getting a better price!