Buy from NZ? I tried but come on...

**bsasuper** · 2nd January 2011, 18:03

Originally Posted by Quasievil

Youre Nuts aint ya for the record , I think most customers think business owners are creaming it.....
Do you ask for a discount on your oil and spark plugs to?

A $500 jacket is not exactly OTT ya tight bastard

Well if I was a single man,Id have heaps of spare cash falling out of my back pocket, I would buy local, but I'm not and have overheads like wife, 3 kids, morgage.I dont buy the latest posing jacket for $1000, I even stopped using MOBIL 1,so I have to make do with the spare cash I have, and if that means getting sparkplugs for $10 each oposed to $35 local, so be it

**Quasievil** · 2nd January 2011, 18:06

Originally Posted by bsasuper

Well if I was a single man,Id have heaps of spare cash falling out of my back pocket, I would buy local, but I'm not and have overheads like wife, 3 kids, morgage.I dont buy the latest posing jacket for $1000, I even stopped using MOBIL 1,so I have to make do with the spare cash I have, and if that means getting sparkplugs for $10 each oposed to $35 local, so be it

Well dude you need to talk to me then
I can get you Mobil 1 at a very good price, and for gear well what can I say

**BMWST?** · 2nd January 2011, 18:12

Originally Posted by ICE180

I just got two helmets for the prcie of 1 from germany including post of $40 NZD

so a grand total of $521 for two helmets of which one here cost $600

I tried to support local dealers but the price difference was to good
and yes I had tried them on here etc

thats fukn rude....

**BMWST?** · 2nd January 2011, 18:13

Originally Posted by Mully

Local dealers (when they bother to reply to my queries), either can't be bothered finding parts ("Frame Sliders for a GSX1400? Nah, they don't exist. No-one does huggers for them either") or try to charge me through the nose.

I've found frame sliders in AU for AU$218 - decided to try the local dealers before buying off-shore.

My e-mail query took nearly a week and it was (from memory) "AU$400ish, plus freight, plus Customs Clearance, plus GST"

So now I have a quandry - do I "support" the local dealers or be able to buy the hugger and the sliders for less than that and have some money in the bank for petrol?

tell them what you just told us and see!

**Woodman** · 2nd January 2011, 18:29

Don't feel bad about sending your money overseas. Remember when you buy something from a dealer a portion of what you pay for each part goes overseas anyway, and unless the dealers really are putting huge margins on then buying online is possibly sending less money out of the country.
The (most) parts are not made here in NZ, if they were it would be a different story.

**Woodman** · 2nd January 2011, 18:33

Originally Posted by Quasievil

Well dude you need to talk to me then
I can get you Mobil 1 at a very good price,

Thats loyalty to your distributors for ya??

**Quasievil** · 2nd January 2011, 18:59

Originally Posted by Woodman

Thats loyalty to your distributors for ya??

RRP is a very good price smart arse

**Smifffy** · 2nd January 2011, 19:25

I just got back from spending chrstms in the US with the Mollz family. It was really grating to compare the price of virtually anything against what we have to pay here.

$32 for levis 501s? Even when the FX was at 47 cents that still made nz prices ridiculous.

Wages there are on a par with here, maybe even higher in many industries.

Blazing fast internets with no download cap, 100 odd tv channels and unlimited domestic tolls for $180 a month.

Even comrade Helen prefers to live & work there.

**Smifffy** · 2nd January 2011, 19:26

Originally Posted by Quasievil

RRP is a very good price smart arse

Good for whom?

**BMWST?** · 2nd January 2011, 19:29

Originally Posted by Smifffy

I just got back from spending chrstms in the US with the Mollz family. It was really grating to compare the price of virtually anything against what we have to pay here.

$32 for levis 501s? Even when the FX was at 47 cents that still made nz prices ridiculous.

Wages there are on a par with here, maybe even higher in many industries.

Blazing fast internets with no download cap, 100 odd tv channels and unlimited domestic tolls for $180 a month.

Even comrade Helen prefers to live & work there.

grab a mortagee sale you will be sweet then

**HenryDorsetCase** · 2nd January 2011, 19:32

the other thing is that if your particular brand or model is not supported by the distributor, you are fucked, pretty much. Very difficult getting parts for (say) a VFR400 NC30 or any classic SOHC Honda from the local dealer. The good news is there are specialists who can, and do, help.

**Quasievil** · 2nd January 2011, 19:33

Originally Posted by Smifffy

Good for whom?

Try and help a biker out and the Smart arses wanna play ??

**steve_t** · 2nd January 2011, 19:43

Originally Posted by Smifffy

I just got back from spending chrstms in the US with the Mollz family. It was really grating to compare the price of virtually anything against what we have to pay here.

$32 for levis 501s? Even when the FX was at 47 cents that still made nz prices ridiculous.

Wages there are on a par with here, maybe even higher in many industries.

Blazing fast internets with no download cap, 100 odd tv channels and unlimited domestic tolls for $180 a month.

Even comrade Helen prefers to live & work there.

Economy of scale.