The great Aussie rip off?
Feb 22nd 2012 | 5:52 pm
#16
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From: Perth
Re: The great Aussie rip off?
Still leaves a modest $112,000
I think I could scrape by on that
Feb 22nd 2012 | 6:14 pm
#17
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Re: The great Aussie rip off?
I saw a few minutes of the program and it appeared to me to be broadly correct.
I have personal experience in the last few months: a fastening system in Oz $13.50 per metre, in the US US0.66c per metre (converted to metres and including tax.
An irrigation pop-up head: $64 here and the same part in the US US$11.95 - available for $9.95 on the internet plus tax and postage.
On many items we are not talking a few percent, we are into many times the price. Much of it is due to the stranglehold of importers which stifles competition and choice.
I have personal experience in the last few months: a fastening system in Oz $13.50 per metre, in the US US0.66c per metre (converted to metres and including tax.
An irrigation pop-up head: $64 here and the same part in the US US$11.95 - available for $9.95 on the internet plus tax and postage.
On many items we are not talking a few percent, we are into many times the price. Much of it is due to the stranglehold of importers which stifles competition and choice.
Feb 22nd 2012 | 6:52 pm
#18
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From: The REAL Utopia.
Re: The great Aussie rip off?
Yes much the same for us, many of the things relevant to our work are 2 or 3 times more expensive here. We were looking at Aldi prices last night, UK and here and many here were 50 to 75% more.
I saw a few minutes of the program and it appeared to me to be broadly correct.
I have personal experience in the last few months: a fastening system in Oz $13.50 per metre, in the US US0.66c per metre (converted to metres and including tax.
An irrigation pop-up head: $64 here and the same part in the US US$11.95 - available for $9.95 on the internet plus tax and postage.
On many items we are not talking a few percent, we are into many times the price. Much of it is due to the stranglehold of importers which stifles competition and choice.
I have personal experience in the last few months: a fastening system in Oz $13.50 per metre, in the US US0.66c per metre (converted to metres and including tax.
An irrigation pop-up head: $64 here and the same part in the US US$11.95 - available for $9.95 on the internet plus tax and postage.
On many items we are not talking a few percent, we are into many times the price. Much of it is due to the stranglehold of importers which stifles competition and choice.
Feb 22nd 2012 | 7:04 pm
#19
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Re: The great Aussie rip off?
I saw a few minutes of the program and it appeared to me to be broadly correct.
I have personal experience in the last few months: a fastening system in Oz $13.50 per metre, in the US US0.66c per metre (converted to metres and including tax.
An irrigation pop-up head: $64 here and the same part in the US US$11.95 - available for $9.95 on the internet plus tax and postage.
On many items we are not talking a few percent, we are into many times the price. Much of it is due to the stranglehold of importers which stifles competition and choice.
I have personal experience in the last few months: a fastening system in Oz $13.50 per metre, in the US US0.66c per metre (converted to metres and including tax.
An irrigation pop-up head: $64 here and the same part in the US US$11.95 - available for $9.95 on the internet plus tax and postage.
On many items we are not talking a few percent, we are into many times the price. Much of it is due to the stranglehold of importers which stifles competition and choice.
Samsung UA60D8000 TV - offered to me for $3120 by The Good Guys a few weeks ago.
Samsung UE60D8000 TV (UK model) - cheapest internet price $4790 (GBP3249 at Comet).
There are other things too - VW cars for instance.
A lot of the hobby stuff I buy locally is now only 10-20% more expensive than the US, other stuff is much more expensive here though.
It's a mixed bag. A lot of stuff that is radically more expensive here can be easily bought on the internet. It's stuff that is hard to ship that is the problem.
Feb 23rd 2012 | 11:59 am
#20
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Posts: 3,427
From: Footloose
Re: The great Aussie rip off?
I agree that things like this can be incredibly expensive here - out of all proportion. Other things not so:
Samsung UA60D8000 TV - offered to me for $3120 by The Good Guys a few weeks ago.
Samsung UE60D8000 TV (UK model) - cheapest internet price $4790 (GBP3249 at Comet).
There are other things too - VW cars for instance.
A lot of the hobby stuff I buy locally is now only 10-20% more expensive than the US, other stuff is much more expensive here though.
It's a mixed bag. A lot of stuff that is radically more expensive here can be easily bought on the internet. It's stuff that is hard to ship that is the problem.
Samsung UA60D8000 TV - offered to me for $3120 by The Good Guys a few weeks ago.
Samsung UE60D8000 TV (UK model) - cheapest internet price $4790 (GBP3249 at Comet).
There are other things too - VW cars for instance.
A lot of the hobby stuff I buy locally is now only 10-20% more expensive than the US, other stuff is much more expensive here though.
It's a mixed bag. A lot of stuff that is radically more expensive here can be easily bought on the internet. It's stuff that is hard to ship that is the problem.
