Ranting about NZ retailers

[Robert Taylor]

Jesus fuck Rob, Look at the bigger picture, Pull the stick out of your arse and get over yourself.

People are not businesses and shouldn't be treated as such, The only way you could have a level playing field is if the circumstances were identical, and that would have to be dictated and regulated by the government, and fuck me, You might compete with other bussinesses, Lets Lock that down as well, Welcome to Russia.

The market forces are the consumers, If you can't meet their needs and expectations then they will shop with someone who will. You want to fuck some fuckers over?, Aim your shit at the fucks coming up with different price points for different regions of the globe. Its a rort, and they and their agents deserved to be fucked over.

Heck something we can agree on, different price points at different points of the globe. Yes that is a rort. Pricing should ideally be global

[Ocean1]

Heck something we can agree on, different price points at different points of the globe. Yes that is a rort. Pricing should ideally be global

Wonder if that's ever been the case. Probaby before the industrial revolution...

Might not be a rort, but it's certainly not fair that the godamn yankees pay half the real price we do. Seems likely you'd find a direct correlation between market size and wholesale prices, for obvious reasons.

I think this effect is probably the single biggest cause of the difference in living standard between the big western countries and the minnows. Trade agreements don't work, at least in this regard they're more likely to be a trade protection mechanism than any means to level market access. Don't know how yo fix it, either. Unless some of the smaller trading partners gang up on the big ones.

[avgas]

Though in reality I'm just spiteful because I cant afford any mint suspension....

Consider yourself lucky, I can't even afford OK suspension - right now I am over-tightening the chain to keep my ass off the ground.

[Headbanger]

Consider yourself lucky, I can't even afford OK suspension - right now I am over-tightening the chain to keep my ass off the ground.

Yeah, I sold my bike to pay my bills and keep food in the cupboard.

Now Im telling someone whose succesful that he's doing it all wrong.

Lmfao.

I love these little chats with Rob.


Im such a cunt.

[bogan]

So back to the GST topic, I bought a screen from korea last week worth 460NZD, fedex just rang me up and said I needed to pay GST and import fees, but its still in korea. So there is obviously the infrastructure in place already to collect GST using very little man-hours (and I don't just mean the size of the koreans ). I guess they got the value from the insured sum of the parcel or something?

Now I'm assuming since my parcel has had the duties paid for, it will not go through any more processing than the items not subject to duty or GST. So I'm at a loss as to why the cost of collection is preventing it being collected on items under $400.

[imdying]

Yes, new system in place, cost a few quid (about a quarter billion), but they're far more on to it on collecting now as regular private importers will have noticed. Yes the value comes from the parcels documentation, and yes it can be preregistered for clearance by some carriers (including FedEx). The sort of infrastructure required to vet every parcel coming in, and then store it till it's paid for, is however not in place. In theory it could be put in place, but it would cost more than it earnt. Google for the JBMS.

[mashman]

Heck something we can agree on, different price points at different points of the globe. Yes that is a rort. Pricing should ideally be global

Communist

[Robert Taylor]

Communist

No, REALIST. Theres a huge chasm between the two

[Edbear]

Yeah, I sold my bike to pay my bills and keep food in the cupboard.

Now Im telling someone whose succesful that he's doing it all wrong.

Lmfao.

I love these little chats with Rob.


Im such a cunt.

Well, this is KB...

[avgas]

Yeah, I sold my bike to keep food in the cupboard.

Did you try running it on petrol?

[boman]

As the title says, wake up NZ retailers, there is competition out there. How many times is a person expected to get fobbed off, whilst looking for a product?

I am in the market for a new bike jacket. I know what I want, but it is no longer available.

So, what has replaced it?

Is this a too hard question to answer. It seems so. Come on. I can get an answer from a dealer in the USA, overnight, so why cannot NZ retailers be bothered to find out?

With the dollar being so strong, do they want me to go off shore?

I don't want too, but it is becoming obvious that the Auckland dealers want me too.


Am I being too harsh? All I want is someone to ask the question of the importer, and come back to me with an answer.

Look on the internet, and see if there is one you like, is NOT an answer in my book.

IF I want to look on the net, then I will buy off the net. The exhaust I bought, off shore, came within a week. To my door. And they do bike jackets, with FREE freight over $400.00.

Beat that.

But the Kiwi in me, wants to support his local economy. So I guess, watch this space.


On a side note, I was very impressed with the service at Cyclespot. Very helpful, pity I cannot say much about the rest.

[Brian d marge]

See thread #64746472846463
One wonders how they stay in business

Stephen

[Tink]

I can vouch for this.... "where ya been today"... "looking for a jacket" ... "any luck" ... "nope, no one is interested in taking my money".

Winter is coming on .... we still ride rain or shine... !

[boman]

See thread #64746472846463
One wonders how they stay in business

Stephen

I cannot find that thread, but with so many businesses struggling, especially in the motorcycle sector, you think they would crawl over broken glass for a sale.

[blackdog]

I cannot find that thread, but with so many businesses struggling, especially in the motorcycle sector, you think they would crawl over broken glass for a sale.

Absolutely. $1.15 will buy a $US by the end of the week.