So you recon Jaycar should sell the item to the public at a price
He can charge whatever he likes in a capitalist society, and the less he
comparing ebay price to local available gets within a few % , as for
The retailers plan may simply be to tie down online sales with red-
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The prices for similar-looking lamps vary enormously - from the $5 or so
Yeah - but the chrome finish seems to have a coating that does insulate
Hmmm - That link is no good- try this
They may be losing a buck or two on their letter service (the reason
Then shirley the Gerry Harveys should be street-smart enough to
My son just ordered some fairly schmick leathers for his bike-riding.
import made in china ?
**Many successful retailers do just that. However, there is a point where
.Yes domestic. Nothing on os mail. Same os they get sfa from AP.
Two products I can compare are Asics running shoes, and Genuine EpsonOn Dec 21, 11:56 am, "Trevor Wilson"<tre...@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
who where wrote:
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:36:54 +1100, "Trevor Wilson"
tre...@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
**Whilst I applaud the sentiment, I doubt that the problem lies only
with retailers. Importers of certain high profile brands are
probably making very large profits.
Then shirley the Gerry Harveys should be street-smart enough to
threaten to bypass them and import direct (like K-Mart et al) if they
don't smarten up their pricing to him.
**Many successful retailers do just that. However, there is a point where
such a thing becomes very difficult to manage. If Hardly was to import a
large number of the brands he sells, he would be doing several things:
* Financially exposing the organisation to massive overheads (products are
usually purchased on a 30 day account, whereas importers must pay either
when the product leaves port, or when it arrives in store).
* Warranty service (and the attendent stocking of spares for several years)
must be maintained.
* Service and technical people would need to be employed.
* Some importers may be pissed off and remove their products from Hardly.
This particularly applies to big, well advertised brands. And this is very
important. Guys like Sony, Panasonic, LG, Samsung, et al advertise all over
the planet. Local advertising may only reach a small percentage of the
population, whereas international advertising may reach more people.
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Trevor Wilsonwww.rageaudio.com.au
With used equipment, If you have a registered company here and in
another country, (with better pricing than here)
you can get around the parallel import bullshit, by importing as
"transferring stock within the organisation"
Know someone who did this in the 1990s and made a lot of money out of
it, bypassing the rorts
in place that doubled the prices on the same gear.
Only reason he is not still doing it is that he retired
Whether it can be done with "new" gear I don't know.
On the other hand It's also quite possible that the major retailers
are already getting excellent deals on
their imported products, and just not passing them on to the
consumer.