YOSHI RS3 carbon

**saltydog** · 12th February 2009, 08:06

Just ordered one from the states. Not because I didnt want to support my local bike shop, but because it had to do with dollars.
Ordered on here in WHK, all good, coming from Mat Madlin. I get a quoted around $820. I get a call, sorry but we dont have one in stock...but theyre sending you a tri oval one in carbon (What? didnt ask for that) and were sorry to tell me but the price has increased a tad....to $1299. geeze. Thanks but no thanks.....hows the % increase there?!
So onto the internet.....I have one coming for $NZ 837, including freight.
How are these local guys going to make money?
And hasn't the internet made commerce so bloody easy.
Cant wait to hear it.
7-12 days time....

**bsasuper** · 12th February 2009, 08:18

Amazing isnt it, even with our dollar being crap at the moment.

**R6_kid:Me** · 12th February 2009, 11:33

Mat Mladin Imports has the monopoly on Yoshimura parts (specifically exhausts) into NZ and Aussie. And from what i've been told they've been taking most of the profit for themselves - the shops aren't making a whole lot of profit on them.

I ordered a Stainless Yoshi TRC for his FZ1, price incl shipping was $636NZD, plus customs charges of $80. It arrived within 6 days of being paid for. The closest price we got in NZ for the same pipe was $1150 and that was with a discount, and was going to take a week to arrive. We were getting about $1NZD/$0.80USD at the time

The ebay companies in the States have buying power and are able to hold reasonable prices, remember they are buying 20-50x more product than the NZ shops, and are also selling them much quicker too.

**saltydog** · 28th February 2009, 14:15

Originally Posted by saltydog

7-12 days time....

After nine days she turned up. Awesome. Had her hanging in 30mins after a bit of positioning and drilling a rivet hole. Pity its piiiissing down otherwise i'd be out there. Will post some pics hopefully with some sound.