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Originally Posted by IndecisiveMe
Hopefully one day they'll realise that we won't put up with these over-inflated prices anymore. It's not that we don't want the products they're selling, it's that we refuse to buy them at the prices they're asking when we can get the exact same products for a fraction of the cost from other sources.
I'd much rather keep my money in Australia, and for a while I felt guilty about ordering stuff overseas, but in the end, I'd rather the money be in MY pocket, no matter where I have to order the products I need.
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I agree whole-heartedly. I have been in discussion with a manufacturer over an ereader which I contemplated buying. I posed the question on the pricing disparity between US customers buying the product in the US versus Australian customers buying from the company's Australian site. In short the response I received was to buy from the US.
So due to their inadequate response I wont be buying from the company if they can't take Australian buyers seriously (I'm not saying all companies should take Australia seriously, just those who have a presence in this country).
That said you look at other companies, Astak, Amazon for example, they have an identical price for anyone in the world who wishes to buy. All that differs is the cost of freight to get to you (which I agree and understand). There isn't different prices for products depending on which part of the world you live in. Companies who have a presence in multiple countries and offer local purchasing should price their products so they are (within a reasonable margin of error for exchange rate and government taxes) comparable to their sister companies in other countries.