Can you believe it!!!!

Sounds like a bit of a furphy to me :)

SSSShhhhh..... Don't tell Doug.

I'll see if we still have some made in oz ones mate.

Isn't a Furphy a water cart ?

Not what they ask is important ... what you pay for is ..
and if you think it's too much then don't buy it ..

A healthy calculation for a product is a factor of 10 between fob price
and retail price .. hard to achieve with Australian labour. It is not
so much about increasing the profits rather than getting back to a
sustainable profit margin. In many industries we are far away from that factor
and only volume compensates for lower margins but in a small market
like Australia and especially with a nieche product it is difficult to maintain a
good profit margin.

Only competition will keep prices down and there is little of that in todays
market with the big companies taking over ..

so stop complaining about prices, complain about quality ...

I'd rather pay double and get good quality if I have the option . In many
cases you can not even buy good quality .

have fun
gmd

Motto cast into the end panel of Furphy Water Carts is:-
Good, Better,Best
Never let it rest
Until your Good is Better and your Better Best.
Lets hope they have remembered this when sourcing product from China.

eerfree

I had my heart set on getting a Furphy camp oven, was prepared to pay the higher price for the "Original" dinki di Aussie made one.
Went to the factory in Sheparton a few years ago and looked at the ones on display, something didn't seem quite right with them, the quality was just not what I had seen before.
I said to the girl behind the counter "these are still made here aren't they?" she looked a bit sheepish and said "well er no not anymore" "we have had them made in China for a number of years now"
I said thank you and went for a look at the museum with all the water tank ends on display and kept my dollars in my pocket.
Why pay for a Chinese made Furphy at about $120- plus dollars when I could have bought the same Chinese crap without the Furphy name on it for about $30-.

Talk about telling Furphys.

That enough to make you go out and buy a Bedourie (or Hillbilly).
I think Bedouries are still made in Aus. Ours hasn't deteriorated in 20 years of use.