Angry with charges....

I know what your saying . Here in Broken Hill they have an outlet for one of the big SA furniture stores. They send adverts out for specials (same ones you would get in Adelaide) but when you go to purchase one they say "that will be an extra $200 for freight". Sorry keep you bloody lounge. The furniture has to come form the manufacturer in Bris, Syd, or Melb anyway so you can't tell me it costs that much extra to divert it to BH!!

They are just milking the remote area thing. Do you thing Harvey Norman would charge extra freight for buying something from a Brisy outlet compared to a Melb store because the manufacturer (or distributor) is in Melb....no!!!

Labour is another issue. In mining towns you have to expect to pay more because the little guys have to try and compete with the big money mining companies pay to keep employees and hence their rates are higher. I know when I lived in Roxby we were always employing guys that worked for the local mechanics in town (because we couldn't get anyone else) so the poor local bloke would get another mechanic from Adealide and within 3 months they had worked out they could get an extra $15-$20/hr extra working in the mines and the local bloke would start again. The only way to combat this was to pay the mechanics something close to the mine rates and hence his labour rates would be much higher than Adelaide prices. Add onto that the rent prices in town....

But Alice doesn't really have a mining base but you can still expect to pay more.

Personally though I've always thought that most 4x4 oulets have the attitude that any 4x4 owner has heaps of money and hence they can charge what they want.

I'd find a friend that has a bit of mechanical / DIY knowledge and pay him a couple of cartons to do it for you. Not that hard to mount a set of roof racks.

cant see your problem
just for 2 bars I cant remember now but was well over $200 about 4 years ago

Ive said this before(and been crucified and I'll say it again) As Australians we are being overpaid-benefits etc,hence your complaint !
People don't want to hear this while all our big companies and smaller ones move offshore @ a high rate.
The party will end someday and we'll be forced to compete..All the Asians and Sundanese flooding this country will take your job for half the wages,Similar to Mexicans (off the books and there's plenty of that going on) and still be happy...


You could always drive to India to have them fitted for about $1 and still get change lol

My little rant


All the Best

SoloGirl,

Just had a look at the Rhino web site and worked out what you wanted fitted.
The $85 is for a pair of tracks that have to be fixed to the roof of the vehicle.
The tracks have to be lined up on the roof parallel and square, then drilled and pop riveted to the vehicle.
It is not a 5 min job.
It should also not take as long as the fitting price suggest.


Wayne

Well that calculates to 2 hours labour, depends how many they do in Alice.....they may only do 2 a month and the other place does 100 a months so of coarse the dealer in Sydney will be faster and cheaper.

I think 2 hours labour at $80.00+ GST per hour might be reasonable.

When comparing prices don't look at it as being expensive, depends how they do the job and what materials they use.

When we use to fit Rola racks years ago we would debur the holes, primer and seal the holes with a good paint and use high quality sealants that cost $20.00 a tube.....not $3.00 a tube silicon that will last a year.

I hate it when customers think just because the business premises are very nice (or under going renovations) and the owner/s drive expensive cars or they advertise big they are ripping off the customer and making heaps of money for then selves.

So I take it you can find someone cheaper in Alice to do it, if you can good on you but if you can't stop wingeing and learn to live with it.....what other option have you got....if you complain more is it going to help the situation and return a better outcome.

Regards Richard

Hi Solo girl and have you looked at the Rola Bars. I had a set of them on a very similar unit to yours for the two years that I had it and removed them and eventually gave them to one of our boys who fitted them to his Courier and sold them with that vehicle. Can't remember the price but they are a good product and quite easily fitted to the Mazda. They use a clamp on system and don't need the tracks of other products. In addition baskets can be obtained from Super Cheap at a reasonable price and come with mounting hardware to suit. When iIhad the bars they did a trip around Aus with two Solar Panels fitted and last year did a double crossing of the Simpson on the son's vehicle with a Super Cheap basket and NO problems at any time. Theonly difficulty I found in fitting them was trying to fit them back to front. Regards, Beachbum

Gday Solo Grrrrrrrrrl, LOL

Get out of the wrong side of the Bed?
I buy all my gear from the company you are talking about and have nothing but good to say about them.
Most big products Ive bought from them are the exact same price in Alice as they are anywhere else....Have a look in the Waeco cattaloge for example, I think they are printed in Sydney? they charge whatever price is on the catlalouge. (no freight charges either!)
Ive had them fit stereos, suspension, castor adjustments and other things and have always been happy with their service and price. They even offer advice on fitting if you decide to do it yourself.
These people have been in town a long time and started their buisness in a very small premesis and have gradually expanded.

not having a go at you mate...but I think you might be barking up the wrong tree...

Cheers
Hairy

Olcoolone has detailed the fitting process it wouldn't be hard to do your sell,all you need is decent rivit gun,$40 + freight from Bias Boating or Wittworths,they also sell decent silicone.