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Originally Posted by TrevorW
We pay more for everything in this country
Who's making a killing then at the man in the street expense
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Your not wrong!
It isn't just Astro gear that has ridiculously ENOURMOUS mark-ups in this country!
I went to price the new 2012 Harley models and accidentally went to the USA site instead of the Australian site and got a BIG shock!
Compare the prices for the same bike on these 2 websites.
The 1st one is USA, the 2nd is Oz.
Can it
really cost $12,000 per bike to bring to Oz? NO! I used to be a Harley Dealer and I know exactly how much they cost wholesale in Oz. The
real price!
The number of registered HD dealers has been reduced to almost half, and those few have inflated prices (set by Harley Australia) to approximately 40% over US prices.
In the real world, each bike costs about $1200 to freight to Oz, one at a time. Shipping in bulk (as they do) is a lot cheaper. But as Meade, Celestron, etc have done, you can't ship Brand New Bikes to Oz from USA. Only used.
There are ways around it
The price comparison pics, USA v's Oz: