Sick of being ripped off

[jellywrestler]

Why is it that we are so bloody ripped off in New Zealand.
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out of curiosity what do you do for a living?

[Katman]

But does it matter which part of the supply chain is responsible?

It does when the customer points the finger at the dealer rather than the distributor.

[Black Knight]

About 18 months ago I got a hard on over the new Honda CB1300-$18500 in NZ at the time-A mate in Oz bought one for A$10500 on the road-I could have got one from the same source in a box, on the wharf for $9500-Add shipping and gst and it was still $5K under the NZ price.

[pritch]

Either way he'll find the above often cost less off shore than it does here.

The complete opposite to what we find with imported shit.

It's a double hit our economy could do without.

Getting off topic a bit but years ago somebody checked around and found that supermarket food items here were expensive. The only two examples I recall were a lettuce in Los Angeles was waaay cheaper than it was here and milk in London was a fraction of the price it is here. Those examples stuck in my memory 'cause they are difficlult to understand.

Getting back to Blue Wing, they are not owned by Honda as most other national importers are, so they are not part of the Honda "family". For years now though they have only been importing a portion of the range and we have been missing some good bikes. CBRs aside, the models they do import tend to be from India or Thailand or other labour markets.

The NC700 range were designed to be inexpensive and were made in Asia but Blue Wing just priced them in line with other bikes of similar size. The Italian made Honda scooters are considered as good as it gets, but we'll never see them because the usual Blue Wing margins would make them too expensive.

When ABS was an option (before Europe made it compulsory) Blue Wing would not import ABS equipped bikes. Bugger rider safety. Another KBer phoned them about that one though so that's his story.

I have phoned Blue Wing before to enquire as to their logic and have asked staff in person about marketing decisions to no avail.

[jasonu]

Sure have and for what its worth the food in Australia is shit as far as I am concerned. Travelled extensively and stand by my statement.....

Yep Aussie food is not the best.

Either way he'll find the above often cost less off shore than it does here.

The complete opposite to what we find with imported shit.

It's a double hit our economy could do without.

I can get a six pack of steinlager stubbies for $7usd at my local supermarket. I'm not saying it is the best beer but I know that is cheaper than it sells for in NZ.

[Scubbo]

plus Vogel's
Whittaker's
flounder

++ Venison is top notch compared to other countries

[Ocean1]

It does when the customer points the finger at the dealer rather than the distributor.

Easy enough to clear that up: show him the invoice from the distributor.

There's been dozens of threads about this shit and as far as I can make out nobody has yet discovered who's responsible for the price disparities.

Some of it may be import duty, but the one glaring example I checked years ago had NZ import tariffs well less than those in the US.

[Ocean1]

Getting off topic a bit but years ago somebody checked around and found that supermarket food items here were expensive. The only two examples I recall were a lettuce in Los Angeles was waaay cheaper than it was here and milk in London was a fraction of the price it is here. Those examples stuck in my memory 'cause they are difficlult to understand.

Probably even more years ago I found the price of NZ lamb in a London shop was almost twice the cost of the local product, in spite of the fact that the cost landed in the UK was half the price of the local supply.

And people bleat like fuck about free trade agreements.

[Katman]

Easy enough to clear that up: show him the invoice from the distributor.

I imagine if you went into any sort of business in New Zealand and asked to see their cost price on items, you'd be told to mind your own fucking business.

Rightly so too.

[Voltaire]

I've spent about 10 years overseas and can't recall a moment where I missed NZ food...other than Mums Sunday Roast and the odd bag of twisties.
Sure as hell did not miss the then shit beer.
I've never owned a new bike of car as not really into the depreciation, having to deal with the whole trade in cycle and servicing costs.
Happy to ride old shitters and go slow.

[Crasherfromwayback]

All good stuff. Best in the world???
Have you actually spent any time out of NZ?
(and a weekend in Sydney doesn't count).

All of the red meat I ate when in the States was fucking expensive AND shit.

[jasonu]

All of the red meat I ate when in the States was fucking expensive AND shit.

Stupid tourist you did your shopping in the wrong place.

[BuzzardNZ]

All of the red meat I ate when in the States was fucking expensive AND shit.

Never tried a Texas steak then Pete?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Stupid tourist you did your shopping in the wrong place.

Ate at a fair few flash restaurants Bro. None of them served me a steak I'd rate. And the mate I stayed with in San Jose, took me to "THE best butcher", and his was shit too.

Never tried a Texas steak then Pete?

Nup. But I bet it's big!

[jasonu]

Ate at a fair few flash restaurants Bro. None of them served me a steak I'd rate. And the mate I stayed with in San Jose, took me to "THE best butcher", and his was shit too.!

Next time you are over this way stop in and I will burn up a slice of ribeye (eye fillet) on the BBQ. You wont be disappointed.