International reshippers, youshop etc

[yevjenko]

Oops pressed send too early, the rest should have said, you should be able to have words with you post about not re packaging though off the inner box was fine

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[Erelyes]

Well I've crunched the numbers and post really ripped me on my boots, cost worked out same as what I could have got them from Boyds in Hammertown...
The USA supplier did put the Gaerne box inside another box with some screwed up brown paper, YouPricks opened it according to their sticky tape on outside then closed it up and sent it.
Now that box inside would have been fine with some brown paper or bubble wrap around the outside.
The full volumetric charge of the bigger box was 10kg (about $100NZD) while the Gaerne box itself works out at 4.3kg volumetric...

I'd query it with them.

[Moise]

More websites are using USPS now for shipping to NZ, which is often the cheapest option. If you have an Amex card, you can sign up with MyUS.com through a special link and get reduced shipping. They are good if you can combine items as they repack for free, but quite expensive for single packages. They also take photos when they open the packages. Their service is great and they ship by FedEx or DHL.

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[Robert Taylor]

Well I've crunched the numbers and post really ripped me on my boots, cost worked out same as what I could have got them from Boyds in Hammertown...
The USA supplier did put the Gaerne box inside another box with some screwed up brown paper, YouPricks opened it according to their sticky tape on outside then closed it up and sent it.
Now that box inside would have been fine with some brown paper or bubble wrap around the outside.
The full volumetric charge of the bigger box was 10kg (about $100NZD) while the Gaerne box itself works out at 4.3kg volumetric...

Yes and you would have helped to keep NZ working if you had bought from Boyds. When you lose your job because everything is being purchased offshore dont grizzle.

[R650R]

Yes and you would have helped to keep NZ working if you had bought from Boyds. When you lose your job because everything is being purchased offshore dont grizzle.

It's a function of our political masters desire to suck up to the UN and IMF/USA etc that we have abolished most trade restrictions to the point where online shopping overseas is cost effective mostly.
Along with the fake rate of inflation being an artificial freeze on wages meaning the purchasing power of average joe means they have to use the cheapest options.
Most of the jobs are already gone as the factories off shore their operations, due to govt policies/actiojns/inaction not due to consumer choice.
I like to support local but going to a real shop (or trying to buy over the phone, join the que) means:
using petrol/running costs of car/bike
waiting for shop owner to finish dealing with other customers
finding out they don't stock model/brand x or that it will have to be ordered in
Your lucky being in a niche market but soon event that will be gone and some kid in india will be revalving ohlins shocks on minimum wage after being educated at one of our polytechs/universities etc...
And just look at Torpedo7 as a great example of it being possible for kiwi to set up same business with cheaper goods.
The fact is traditional business owners aren't prepared to confront/negotiate with their suppliers/importers appropriate prices.
Online shopping has shown just how gouged we have been over the years on the prices of goods. Yes there is a cost to storage and distribution but the online companies have that too and often the local shops have never stocked the bigger ticket items so they cant claim that cost there either.

[tigertim20]

Yes and you would have helped to keep NZ working if you had bought from Boyds. When you lose your job because everything is being purchased offshore dont grizzle.

funnily enough, at my work, almost EVERYTHING we produce is sourced from overseas, so I probably don't need to worry there.
Funnily enough, its cheaper for us to import meat from aussie, canada, and Finland, then process and ship it nationally, than it is to source it in NZ

[Robert Taylor]

It's a function of our political masters desire to suck up to the UN and IMF/USA etc that we have abolished most trade restrictions to the point where online shopping overseas is cost effective mostly.
Along with the fake rate of inflation being an artificial freeze on wages meaning the purchasing power of average joe means they have to use the cheapest options.
Most of the jobs are already gone as the factories off shore their operations, due to govt policies/actiojns/inaction not due to consumer choice.
I like to support local but going to a real shop (or trying to buy over the phone, join the que) means:
using petrol/running costs of car/bike
waiting for shop owner to finish dealing with other customers
finding out they don't stock model/brand x or that it will have to be ordered in
Your lucky being in a niche market but soon event that will be gone and some kid in india will be revalving ohlins shocks on minimum wage after being educated at one of our polytechs/universities etc...
And just look at Torpedo7 as a great example of it being possible for kiwi to set up same business with cheaper goods.
The fact is traditional business owners aren't prepared to confront/negotiate with their suppliers/importers appropriate prices.
Online shopping has shown just how gouged we have been over the years on the prices of goods. Yes there is a cost to storage and distribution but the online companies have that too and often the local shops have never stocked the bigger ticket items so they cant claim that cost there either.

Like I said, dont grizzle when you lose your job.

''Negotiating with suppliers''...................you've just got no idea. Also its totally unviable for NZ companies to operate on the low number single figure margins that many US companies operate on. Given that their own economy is a total basket case these North Mexicans look to the rest of the world to dump product.

[SMOKEU]

Yes and you would have helped to keep NZ working if you had bought from Boyds. When you lose your job because everything is being purchased offshore dont grizzle.

The NZ retail industry is based upon charging as much as they can possibly get away with. It seems like just about everyone in this country wants nothing more than to rip the next cunt off. In NZ we frequently pay at least double what other countries pay for the same goods. I'm not rich so I can't affort to pay these exorbitant costs. I am happy to support local businesses, which is why I'm often prepared to pay more for things here, but only for cheap things where the difference in price isn't that big.

The only 2 things in NZ that I can think of that we don't get ripped off on is insurance and mobile phones.

[scott411]

The NZ retail industry is based upon charging as much as they can possibly get away with. It seems like just about everyone in this country wants nothing more than to rip the next cunt off. In NZ we frequently pay at least double what other countries pay for the same goods. I'm not rich so I can't affort to pay these exorbitant costs. I am happy to support local businesses, which is why I'm often prepared to pay more for things here, but only for cheap things where the difference in price isn't that big.

The only 2 things in NZ that I can think of that we don't get ripped off on is insurance and mobile phones.

i would disagree with you on the mobile phone bit, my plan in the UK was less than a quarter of what it is here, but with less than a 10th of the poeple in the same area, the network costs a bit more to run per person

[SMOKEU]

i would disagree with you on the mobile phone bit, my plan in the UK was less than a quarter of what it is here, but with less than a 10th of the poeple in the same area, the network costs a bit more to run per person

I'm not talking about the plans, but the phones themselves. Looking on newegg and eBay US sellers, we pay comparable prices here for phones.

[pritch]

Like I said, dont grizzle when you lose your job.

Sorry Robert, but some NZ businesses don't seem to have grasped that while we are a long way away, we are "connected".

I have an Accu Gage digital tyre gauge, in the US it is sold under several different brands. From the big retailers Accu Gage costs US$15.00.
On E Bay same item, different brand name, is quoted at NZ$9.21 and there are others under the fifteen dollars US.
In NZ I have seen them advertised for $90.00.
That's just taking the piss.

[yevjenko]

More websites are using USPS now for shipping to NZ, which is often the cheapest option. If you have an Amex card, you can sign up with MyUS.com through a special link and get reduced shipping. They are good if you can combine items as they repack for free, but quite expensive for single packages. They also take photos when they open the packages. Their service is great and they ship by FedEx or DHL.

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I checked myus and usps. Both were more expensive than you post

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[Mike.Gayner]

Yes and you would have helped to keep NZ working if you had bought from Boyds. When you lose your job because everything is being purchased offshore dont grizzle.

Oh look it's RT again, here to tell everyone how evil we are for asking for REASONABLE margins on the goods we buy. Excuse me if I don't just tell you to fuck right off.

[Robert Taylor]

Oh look it's RT again, here to tell everyone how evil we are for asking for REASONABLE margins on the goods we buy. Excuse me if I don't just tell you to fuck right off.

UNLIKE MANY I can see both sides of the story and my own record is one of meeting the new realities. BUT ALSO there is a bigger picture here that many miss

[Robert Taylor]

The NZ retail industry is based upon charging as much as they can possibly get away with. It seems like just about everyone in this country wants nothing more than to rip the next cunt off. In NZ we frequently pay at least double what other countries pay for the same goods. I'm not rich so I can't affort to pay these exorbitant costs. I am happy to support local businesses, which is why I'm often prepared to pay more for things here, but only for cheap things where the difference in price isn't that big.

The only 2 things in NZ that I can think of that we don't get ripped off on is insurance and mobile phones.

Id seriously look at not tarring everyone with the same brush.......................thats an emotive and simplistic statement that places all of the NZ retail industry in the same box. VERY untrue