Bloody Australian Retail

[Aussie Mike]

Tell him to stick the parts up his arse. Go and get them from the original supplier in the US through a US resident. I had the same issue with an electronic fuel sender. The manufacturer would not ship to me because I was in Australia and refered me to another US company that buy from them. The price I got from them was nearly 3 times what the original manufacturer quoted. But they then said "sorry you will have to go through our Australian agent". So I checked with them and the price was even higher.

In the end I got a friend in our US office to order the part for me and then I gave her the cash.

I can understand paying a bit extra to buy from a local dealer if they have it on the shelf and you can grab it and go but if they are just taking your money and ordering the part on your behalf what's the point? There is no value add in what they do.

Cheers

[Philm]

Thats the thing Mike, the us supplier was happy to supply, but asked if I could but the their agent here.

So I was happy to support the local agent who thought it would be good to rip me off.

i will contact the us supplier and let them know what happened.

Phil

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

Tell him to stick the parts up his arse.

Ooo... I Love it when you talk dirty
Now go get that gimp mask you keep referring to.
There are local retailers screwing us all over the joint.

Retailers should move to a "use" not "abuse" mantra.
In my book anything more than 10% is abuse!

If they had said $2500 you'd probably have winced but taken it, however at $2750 you've taken exception and rightly so!

I got smashed on a quote from the local Honda dealership on a front spoiler lip for a Type R Integra $30 odd + shipping (factory direct) vs $1000 odd through the dealership. What the?? How the??

[spookypt]

I'm currently in the middle of sourcing prices to do a dually conversion on my F truck. So far, prices from Australian suppliers of the American manufactured components/accessories I need will stop me going ahead.

That said, the same component suppliers in the USA have told me that they will sell and ship to me directly, so I'm waiting with interest their pricing.

In Australia, to supply the front and rear adaptors, 7 wheels, 7 tyres, and unpainted guards was $12,000.00 PLUS SHIPPING to me. That's fricken

In tHE USA to supply the same is about $3000.00.

Unless of course I wanted to drive it in and drive away. Well then there was no change out of $20 FAT ONES!!!

Its abhorent! It really is.

Spookypt

[Tenrocca]

Originally Posted by Dimis

Retailers should move to a "use" not "abuse" mantra.
In my book anything more than 10% is abuse!

Most retailers wouldnt get out of bed for 10%. Interesting read here - closer to 30% markup across all retail (retailers margin). resulting in an average 5.5% operating profit after all costs. Obviously varies a lot over different sectors

http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/b.../bu-0612-2.pdf