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How would internet shopping look if our $ was back at $0.58USD? The problem is the strength of our dollar now, not that Australia is uncompetitive... |
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If the only prospect is that everyone will be out of work, then something has gone seriously wrong in the world. |
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One problem with Australian pricing for some products relates to when they were purchased and AUD value at the time. In some circumstances the importer can't win. I know of one company that was effectively losing money when the dollar dropped because they didn't increase their prices. Now the dollar is stronger and the importer is balancing out his losses, people are screaming because he hasn't decreased his price. There is a lot of stuff I'd like to comment on but the whole topic is a minefield. |
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Online shopping would probably look similar, since the shops would be the first to jack their prices due to increased import costs. But if you take in to account the increased weekly costs due to fuel price rises, then both would probably be worse off. |
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what upsets me is when people expect a retail place to provide them with all the info on products, let them look at and compare products, then they go online and purchase.
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Petro-sexual
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I hear people say that a lot, but I dont know anyone that has actually done it.
The only time I use a shop and then dont purchase from them, is if I am pitting one against another for price on a TV or something. So I still buy from retail, just not theirs because the other beat the price. |
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You'll see a trend out there to Branded shops, i.e Nike Shops etc, this is to promote the brand first and foremost, not just sell product. They have realised that people have online options now and Nike dont care where their product is bought, as long as its their product. Mass Retailers on the other hand are losing market share.... Some online shops in the US will not ship Brands sold here, i.e Eastbay will not ship certain model Nike and Asics runners to Australia because they have an agreement with the Australian Distributor NOT to backdoor them. |
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Here's a few for you.
175hp 4 Stroke Suzuki outboard. Australia $22000 USA $8500 A mate runs the QLD water police and he can't even get these prices from the Haines Group who import Suzuki outboards and he buys over a hundred outboards a year Furuno 620FCV Fish Finder Cheapest in Australia $1250 USA including shipping $825 I import my own mower parts Kohler 27hp V twin engine Australia $4400 USA $1608 Plastic catcher shoot Australia $620 USA $162 Blower impeller Australia $550 USA $132 Drive belts Australia $185 USA $66 With the AUD so high how many of you have seen a reduction in prices apart from chinese TV's. Thats right nearly no one. The importers are and have been screwing us for years. It's about time they lifted their game and if they don't have the buying power like they do in the US well it's time they re-negotiated what they pay for things There are plenty of frieght forwarders in the US I use this company as it's close to where i buy my gear and i get free shipping from the company i buy from to there so i only have to pay for it to be delivered into Australia http://www.nybox.com/about/ |
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Slightly segued but I have heard that most local bottle shops can't get booze cheaper than they can buy from Dan Murpheys a lot of the time, so they buy there.
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Australian retailers are very much stuck in the 90's regarding the way they operate. It is their fault and their fault alone that they are being priced out of the market as they failed to read what consumers were doing and so far have done nothing to counteract it. They still want their high profit margins, something that cannot exist today due to savvy consumers and external financial pressures on all of us. 80-160% mark ups are not justifiable in this day and age. Gerry Harvey bleating continuously does the industry no help either.
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Apart from other things I've purchased from O/S lately I purchased Bilstein shock absorbers for my Pajero. AUD$555 including a $125 airfreight component. The closest price for the same shocks in Australia is $880.00 There's a hand held automotive programming device available in the US for $USD379.00. That same device with different firmware (the same unit, no hardware changes) cost $695.00 Someone mentioned warranty. Easy. Box the item up and send it back. You may have to pay freight one way. Big deal.
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WE ARE OVER REGULATED OVER TAXED AND THE HIDDEN COSTS FOR BUSINESS ARE VERY RUDE,THIS IS WHY WE ARE TOO EXPENSIVE PRODUCt WISE
Pure and simple succesive governments are destroying free market enterprise,fuel excise,INSURANCE and wages kill the rest.
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Minimum wage is a bit different than the 100k a year the majority of suburban tradies earn though... or the 125k a year for fairly unskilled labour in the mining industry...
Glad I am not in retail that's for sure.
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But going on that, it already happens in certain industries here. Look at the Security Industry, a LOT of imports being paid wages that Australian workers won't work for. It happens, no one really complains.
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Same could happen for mining. You bring in someone from SE Asia and pay them the basic wage, would probably be 1/3 of what they pay Australians. It's a tough choice buying from OS, but in the end we will put ourselves out of business. We shutdown local manufacturing because it can be done cheaper OS, retail will go online. Lots of jobs can be moved to lost cost regions.
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If the problem here is that Aussies are expecting too much money for their time, shouldn't that be adjusted down instead of adjusting everything else up which will eventually lead to what we have now?
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my brother holed the radiator on his big bear quad, it was about 1200 to buy here, shipped from the states was under 400. I am the same, I find something I want and then go net trolling all around the world for the best price. I am sorry but I work hard for my money and the amount left for toys after bills isnt much so I want the best bang for my buck so to speak. If I find the best price in america and I have to wait a coupla weeks, i wait. I play with motorbikes a bit as well, and the price difference for hot up parts between oz retailers and america is just stupid. look at the repo car panels and rubbers coming from china , hong kong or wherever they get em made. the companies sellin em are serving a captured market,so we have to by em no matter how crap they fit because we cant ask china to make us 1 gt bonnet. yes i went to rare spares yesterday and am still burning at the ridiculous prices i paid for items.
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Book Depository UK
Delivered to Australia in 5 days........free postage...total cost $41 Same book at Borders $165.......... Have ordered easily 10 books from them and Amazon Uk over the last year. Australian book and media retailing is dead.
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Great prices by the way. |
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I've now two businesses, both are extremely profitable; both complement eachother. My point being, rather than whinging about job losses, cheap import labour, unfair trade practices, the colour of the neighbours fence etc one needs to adopt the principles of free market trade and adapt.
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