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Old 06-20-2010, 07:44 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by GraemeWi View Post
Could be that there is more competition for ereaders in Australia, and the retail has to be more competitive there vs here where there is less available and margin can be maintained. Sucks for us to be in NZ sometimes! At least our milk is cheaper :-)
Well it doesn't surprise me that the Kobo is sold out in Australia, there is huge demand for ereaders and the Kobo is the first decently priced reader sold in Australia (otherwise for a decent price you buy internationally).

I think NZ is where Australia was at a few months ago, behind the 8-ball not acknowledging this demanding market. If competition increases in NZ the price should drop. I don't think here in Australia there is more competition to speak (perhaps locally) but Australian businesses I feel aren't acknowledging the international competition and aren't pricing themselves competitively.

Your milk is cheaper? Well you can thank us Tasmanians, we're sending you all our vegetable processing so we're helping you guys out so you should see lower vegetable prices LOL. I find it ironic that we pay around $4.50 for 2 litres of milk, yet $8.00 for 1kg of cheese (and it takes about 10 litres of milk for 1kg of cheese and it needs to be processed etc). Go figure.
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