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Originally Posted by CazMar
.......As more and more Australians learn to use online shopping services (and I would say the majority already do so) the retailers are going to have to compete or sink.........
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I needed an ADSL filter for the telephone so I went to Dick Smiths. $35. I couldn't believe it. Went home and ordered three for twelve dollars with free shipping on the net. I know there are warehousing and distribution costs but not 800% over the overseas version.
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Originally Posted by jehane
......... I would love to be able to support Australian businesses, and would be prepared to pay a slight premium to do so, but not 2-3 times the price.
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I think it's become an Australian business mentality to gouge.
Example: I saw a kilo of dog meat at Coles for a dollar. That looked like good value so I bought it. Five days later the same product was $2 I still bought it. On week two it was $4.99 or similar. They introduce something and if it sells they keep putting up the price until they find the price people wont pay any more. Don't get me started on the Coles, Woolworths duopoly that is bleeding Australia dry. They control 80% of all retail sales in Australia. There isn't another government in the world that would let companies do that. (Dick Smiths is owned by Woolworths)
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Originally Posted by Solicitous
.....the book is written by an Australian author, printed and published in Australia, and we bought it for half the price after it was printed, boxed, shipped to the UK, mark up added, and shipped back to us in Australia, than we could from anyone in Australia......
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A good example of gouging. Why pay the regular price (you know, what the rest of the world pays) when you can pay twice or three times as much in Oz?