Does being a kiwi mean, Bend over & take it!

[Dave]

[QUOTE=XRNR](This is a whinge, read no further if you don't want to know)

Now #2...
I get recommended to use some castrol mineral oil in my M/C which can be bought from Repco.

REPCO
Rip Every Poor C*nt Off

didn't you know that!

[PeteThePom]

Hmmm, wonder why that so many young New Zealanders are breaking their necks to get there.

Most of the kiwi's I met in London, used London as a base to explore europe and the rest of the world, UK is pretty centeral to the rest of the world so it's easier and cheaper to travel from and yes London is all that MikeL says BUT it's no place to raise a family.........

Oh yeah and I think you dont appreciate what you have until you go live somewhere else, me I've travelled a bit and lived all over the UK and didn't find anywhere that was quite right till I came here

[Lou Girardin]

New Zealand is nowhere near as bad for rip-off pricing as it was in the '80s.
eg, 1988 Honda Prelude = $65,000. 1989 model $42,000. A lot of it had to do with various taxes, but the lack of competition meant that many tried their luck with us punters. If you don't like Repco, go to Supercheap Auto.
Lou

[Big Dog]

Now #2...
I get recommended to use some castrol mineral oil in my M/C which can be bought from Repco. Cool, a friend can help me out with a staff discount @ said company. Normally retails for $23 odd. They got it for $9 (4liter pack for $9, better inflate the price so that you think its good enough to buy).

Repco will normally give you "trade" prices just for the asking.

I used to tell them it was for caltex / xxx car yard etc but often they don't even ask which business. Classic play call up ask for a trade P&A (price and availibility) on the part, you will need to know part numbers, when they tell you the answer if you are happy say "could you put one aside I'll be down in x mins/days" when you pick it up ask for the staff member by name. they will be so embarassed that they did not even get yours they will put it against any old trade customer as a cash sale rather than ask.

Saved thousands like that.

[Big Dog]

Saved thousands like that.

I've even used "falcon parts" for the answer to the company before.

[Motu]

New Zealand is nowhere near as bad for rip-off pricing as it was in the '80s.
eg, 1988 Honda Prelude = $65,000. 1989 model $42,000. A lot of it had to do with various taxes, but the lack of competition meant that many tried their luck with us punters. If you don't like Repco, go to Supercheap Auto.
Lou

My 1990 Diamante was $95,000 new,not a bad buy for $1200 plus $450 for another engine.$93,000 depreiciation in 12 yrs.Someone was a big looser.

[SPman]

I need to treat a $ as a £ and then it sucks,

People tend to forget that when they do price conversions - if you live in NZ, are paid in $NZ at a NZ wage scale and pay NZ prices,at a NZ level of living, how do you say it is cheaper/dearer than say, the US, where you would be earning $US at their wage scales and paying their prices with their cost of living . A more realistic comparo would be, eg, An R1 would cost me about 750 hrs work here as an NZer at NZ incomes, but doing the same job in the US, at US rates, would take me approx 500 hrs!

Excuse me.........

[marty]

Hmmm, wonder why that so many young New Zealanders are breaking their necks to get there.

maybe it's just the london GIRLS that suck......

[Lou Girardin]

People tend to forget that when they do price conversions - if you live in NZ, are paid in $NZ at a NZ wage scale and pay NZ prices,at a NZ level of living, how do you say it is cheaper/dearer than say, the US, where you would be earning $US at their wage scales and paying their prices with their cost of living . A more realistic comparo would be, eg, An R1 would cost me about 750 hrs work here as an NZer at NZ incomes, but doing the same job in the US, at US rates, would take me approx 500 hrs!

Excuse me.........

That's why it pays to use the Big Mac index.
Lou