oz tents prices oversea

Lots of things have similar pricing AND it will get better or worse whichever way you look at it as our dollar gets to parity with the greenback !!

Imports are looking really good in the new year especially the higher priced items like TVs Cameras etc ..

Rgds

Mandrake

You must understand that commodities are not priced according to value BUT according to what the market will pay. A classic example relates to prices achieved for real estate.

Ryan

Hi, there are also other costs you need to consider such as custom duty, local taxes that skew the pricing as well.

I have recently ordered a new Plano Tackle box along with some other stuff from the USA and including freight saved over half the cost.

There are some things that you cant get because the manufacturers restrict which markets the suppliers can sell into, for example you cant buy Levi's jeans from the states, the USA suppliers are not allowed to sell them to non uS addresses.

Alan

And the Vauxhall Monaro (in the UK) ..and the Pontiac version (in th US) was far cheaper than the equivalent Holden Monaro (her in Oz)- taking everything into account !!

yep, we're getting gouged by them as well as the petrol companies because we can afford it.

If you go to NZ for a holiday, buy your Oz Tent while you are away then you can claim the gst back when you leave saving another 12.5%. If it's heavy you may have to pay excess baggage rates with the airline :-)) You have to take the goods out of the country within two weeks (I think) of buying them. I bought my Garmin navigator in Oz and claimed the gst back at the airport.

KK

It's the same with mountain bike gear, and I'm talking about the type of mountain bikes that you might pay $5,000 for. It's common for Aussies to buy mainly from the UK and also from the US when needing major parts (like wheels, suspension forks etc) because in most cases if you order over a certain amount (say $250Au) you get free postage (from the UK) and as long as you keep it below $1000Au it doesn't attract any import taxes etc. Funny thing is even for smaller parts sometimes it's quicker and cheaper to order from overseas (gets here in a week) compared to ordering from your local bike shop who doesn't have the certain part in stock and has to get it from the distributor.
Now I'm all for supporting local, and I doubt I'd ever buy a whole bike from overseas, but when you're saving significant $$ it can mean the difference of being able to buy that part vs not at all.

I would expect that certain brands do have clauses to prevent companies or stores selling to an overseas market and bypassing distributors etc. I think as an example I would not be able to buy an "XYZ" brand bike frame and get it sent to Aus from the US but I could by a "BZY". It could be a similar situation with Oz Tents.

But I don't really think it's realistic to ask local stores to match O/S prices. Local prices depend on more than the exchange rate obviously and I don't think I'll ever understand all of it, but I know you have to factor in that they don't buy stock day to day, no doubt they get shiploads ordered at a certain time so they aren't necessarily profiteering off the now good exchange rate, they might have brought their stock in like 6 months ago.

Postage is a real killer though when it comes to big items, like tents or whole bikes.
One way of getting around your problem though would be to buy through ebay, that's if there are any O/S sellers on there willing to ship such large items to Oz at a decent price, and I'm talking about sellers that run stores, you never know it could be a clearance method for a real store somewhere!

iI don't think it is imported goods Ryan is complaining about it is AUSTRALIAN MADE goods which are sold overseas at far cheaper prices than in Australia.

I live about 1/3 of my time in OZ and 2/3 in the USA.

Here are some examples:

Australian Wines are about half the price in USA as they are in OZ, we paid $21.00 for wine at Rosemount Winery cellar only to see the same wine and vintage sold at Costco in San Diego for $8.99.

Australian lamb chops at Costco are $4.99/pound or roughly $12.00/kg in AUD.

Boneless legs of Australian lamb are $3.49/pound or abt $8.30/kg in AUD

XXXX is about 25% cheaper in a six-pack

For the farm in Childers for irrigation drippers made in South Australia the cost is $420/1000 the same dripper in the USA the cost is $181.00/1000. Poly shut off valves are about the same.

I have the question,

How can Australian goods be sold overseas at a considerable savings when there has to be freight and associated costs included as well.???