more than likely becasue the distributor is just about to place a quarterly order.Originally Posted by Brian d'marge
Read my post a few up as to how and why its so crap in NZ for ordering anything not instock made from oversea's.
L-Plate Rider
more than likely becasue the distributor is just about to place a quarterly order.
Read my post a few up as to how and why its so crap in NZ for ordering anything not instock made from oversea's.
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Damn! They are overstocked and will wait for that to sell before re-stocking the shelves!
I guess that you do not like "reality" shows or anything that resembles "survivor" programmes...NZ viewers obviously love them...
The only hassle from America is the zoning difference of the DVD. *mutter, grumble*
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Royal Enfield user
see photo I attached
This is the secret for such fast times , flash a bit of leg and they will bend over !
ooorr eerr
and I am still thinking about your post twas a good one !
Stephen
"Look, Madame, where we live, look how we live ... look at the life we have...The Republic has forgotten us."
Highway Biker
After initially being told by 1 workshop that all the coolant fluid that was over the front of my bike was probably from the overflow since it was a very hot day and hence finding out from a 2nd company that it was a hole in my radiator and just dealing with another NZ company who told me they "specialise in ROAD BIKES ONLY" after i asked them if they had a radiator for my Ninja 250R i am beginning to lose faith in NZ businesses
no need for any jokes about a 250 not being a road bike either
Come warm yourself by the fire
No fair - your biased cos of where you live.
I envy you, and I miss catching the Yamanote Line every day (didn't have a bike so I just window shopped at the lovely stuff).
Lucky bastard
But yes he is telling the truth - services are slowly improving here, but the attitude of the customer needs to change here first
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Come warm yourself by the fire
Ha I had this twice
First for the GB400....."Do you mean CB400?" No dipshit - G for Goat. Will the CB400 part fit? No you see that has 4 cylinders and mine is a single
Then there was the drama of the XS850......Apparently Yamaha didn't make a 850, just a 750 and 1100 4 cylinders.
Had a good run ever since though. Dealt with Red Baron, Morinsville Yamaha (the best store in the country - Service A+) and Motomail mainly
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Royal Enfield user
But , As long as you follow the rules here
Me , can I have a cup of earl Grey tea
her , small or medium
me, can I have a grande please ?
her , no sorry
me, can I buy a large cup of hot water
her , yes
me, can I buy an earl Grey teabag
her , yes
me,, can I buy large cup of earl Grey tea
her,, no we don't sell large cups of earl Grey tea
All done with the utmost politeness
Stephen
Its taken me 10 years of living here to understand the subtleties of the Japanese society ,, and I still don't understand it ,
It will be really difficult I think for me to live again in a English/Scottish stocked country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWAwrMFtSvM
Either way after the house is built and the garage is back on line , I want to come over to NZ for a holiday....its going to be mighty interesting those first few impressions !
Single malt laphroaig ....... $20 dollars!!1!! yeeehaaa
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Bored Room
The firm I work for has a commercial coffee machine...
Two weeks ago it broke...
We started going to the small cafe up the road.
The owner struck up a conversation and we introduced ourselves.
He makes great sandwiches while you wait and the coffee is good.
The secret was to engage with the customer.
Our machine is back but I go there for sandwiches....stuff Subway.
I've tried this at the local bike shop....but without the same 'fuzzy' feeling.
If the bike shop had an esspreso machine it would sell more stuff.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
L-Plate Rider
hahaha,, each to thier own hey ??
Im pretty sure if i rocked up looking like that no-one would serve me, period!
Forum whore
I don't think the importer's margins are as great as people seem to think.
New Zealand is a small place with low demand for specialist items. The discounted prices that are on offer in big markets like the UK and the USA are due to economy of scale.
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Big xx birdie man
thats all very and fine, but 4-6 weeks?? when you can get stuff off ebay or online stores in under 10days!
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L-Plate Rider
The reason you wait 4 - 6 weeks is because of the customs charges that business get stung. If they order 1 item as a business they pay X amount of dollars, if they order 300 things to make up an order form 1 supplier they pay the SAME X amount of dollars. NZ business do not have the level of customer be be able to afford 1 off international orders every 2nd day. Its that simple.
The reason why you wait is so a business can AFFORD to place the order for you. Most business order quarterly in NZ for this very reason.
As a private person you dont pay anywhere near the same import duty charges.
Good luck finding someone to honour the warranty on your purchase if you bought it in yourself. Distributors are not bound to honour warrantys on item they did not sell or import. The reason for this is becasue of the cost to do so which the importer swallows as being the agreed distributor in a given region.
It sux yes but point your frustration as our govenment import laws , this is why shite cost so damn much here and takes so long to arrive at your store.
4 million people, what can we do ????? its demand creates speed and availabitly.
Have a nosey at my other posts if your interested as why its so hard here in NZ when its so easy to buy off ebay etc. This is the shite i bang my head with every day as a business owner myself.
L-Plate Rider
They NEVER are, people never factor in all the associated running costs and set up costs, constant over heads to run the business.
There is this misconseption that we all make 100% profit on each item we sell. My god i wish. im lucky if i can mark something up 30% before GST most things im mark up only 20% thanst mark up, not make 20% profit, MASSIVE difference.
A mate used to own a Hifi store. He used to have all these people coming in a demanding a better deal on equipment. He often couldnt compete with the likes of harvey norman as they have the buying power to buy in massive bulk.
One day he had some guy steal a $ 200 INCLUSIVE of GST, DVD player off the shelf and run out the door with it. His margin on that DVD was only 20% exclusive of gst which worked out around $28 before he has to take he business running costs out of that sale. at the end of the day me would maybe make around $10 to $12 dollars profit on the sale. So he then had to sell around 17 more or the same type of DVD player to break even what the scum bag who stole it cost him outright.
retailers in general dont make anywhere near as much profit or margin as people think in most cases.
Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
I am sure the margins vary from importer to importer.
I have bought a couple of things from overseas that were dearer than buying them here (if the useless NZ suppliers could have supplied the item without a 2 month wait). I chose to pay a bit more and get my desired item in a week instead of 9 weeks.
I have also made a considerable saving buying something from the US instead of locally.
When I shop locally I want to know 2 things - price & availability. If I am happy with both then I would buy here in NZ. If I can't get what I want or it costs hundreds more than I will buy from overseas. It is NOT going to cost more than 50% extra to buy in NZ if the importers margins are modest. The biggest difference I have experienced is when I bought an item for $150 total cost and the NZ importer lists a recommended retail price of $570 incl GST here in NZ - someone is making some healthy margin somewhere!
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L-Plate Rider
Actually a difference like that is illegal and is why we have a commerce commission. If you see something like that and have the proof to back up what you think is should be worth, report the scum bag.
There will alwasy be savings made from buying over sea's in most cases but nearly 400% difference is illegal.
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