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| Thread ID: 24055 | 2002-09-02 09:41:00 | New Zealand Hardware Prices | glenn (177) | Press F1 |
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| 75819 | 2002-09-03 00:31:00 | Yeah, I suppose supply and demand has a lot to do with it. However, it is surely more the quantities manufactured that are available for wholesale purchase more than country size, or at least should be. Also, this tradition (alluded to above) of thumping a huge markup on has got to play a part. For instance, AMD 2100+ prices vary from $417 to over $600 !! Something has got to be wrong somewhere. It is usually the "little guy" that now has the cheaper prices. Anyway in general I still think that this is a) a wonderful country and b) relatively cheap considering the population size. Crunn |
Crunn (1068) | ||
| 75820 | 2002-09-03 00:54:00 | It does seem to be true that you get the best deal in computer stuff from the small guy, and I really push the message to support your local corner shop. Hope people dont get me wrong about my quality remark. 25 years ago, I was very impressed with overall quality as compared to UK. Shoes, clothing, sports goods, kitchen ware, etc all excellent and quite remarkable, and despite what was said at the time and since, prices were good too on the whole, except for electronics like TVs, and cars :). Iron foundries and metallurgy were out of the ark!! There was also a funny combination of ancient 1930's machine tools and the latest CNC machinery. I still yearn for those days when we made such a lot of everyday items, and QA (Quality Assurance) was becoming almost a household word, now sadly missing in many activities. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 75821 | 2002-09-03 01:08:00 | one thing to note to...is that you can import for eg cpu's cheaper off another wholesaler overseas than what amd/intel wholesale them here. go figure.(example only) also with computer parts the product range is huge and the prices change so much you can end up selling parts retail cheaper than what you paid wholesale for them a week ago. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 75822 | 2002-09-03 01:15:00 | >It does seem to be true that you get the best deal in computer stuff from the small guy, and I really push the message to support your local corner shop . not always . be carefull . much the same i prefer people to support local buisness . however with parrellel imports warranties and parts can get thrown out the window . "for the warranty you have to take it to the manafucture(taiwan)" "we don't have parts for that model because we(manafacture) didn't import that model into NZ" you pay your $$ and you take your chances . |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 75823 | 2002-09-03 08:50:00 | > "for the warranty you have to take it to the manafucture(taiwan)" Very interesting that you should say that tweak'e . A New Zealand retailer cannot make a customer to deal with the manufacturer when goods go faulty under warranty, it is illegal . When a customer buys something from a retailer, the retailer has a legal obligation to honour any problems with goods and then seek their own recompense with the manufacturer . They can not refuse to put things right and tell the customer to go and deal with the manufacturer themselves . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 75824 | 2002-09-03 09:12:00 | exactly susan. just one of the tricks. just like polishing up secondhand or manafactures seconds and selling as new. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 75825 | 2005-01-10 07:51:00 | > "for the warranty you have to take it to the manafucture(taiwan)" They can not refuse to put things right and tell the customer to go and deal with the manufacturer themselves. Actually LEGALLY it is the customers choice who they chase for warranty claim it is up to them wether they go the manufacturer or the retailer. although isn't it abit unfair to make the retailer pay for it when they aren't the ones who made the product? they just offered you their friendly advise on which one may suit your needs best. |
scottbud (1723) | ||
| 75826 | 2005-01-10 08:00:00 | All these products are made in the same Asian factories and shipped great distances, so I’m trying to find out why there’s such great differences in price . Is it just lack of real competition? I was looking thru the mitre 10 catalogue the other day and saw a clock radio for $20 FOR $20! thats cheap funny cause on the page opposite was a wooden box ( a w o o d e n b o x ) 4 side 2 with holes in for handles and a bottom (no holes) it was $30 for 5 bits of wood and 18 staples to hold it together I wonder who of the two manufacturers needed a degree to get the job done! I wonder which of the two products was shipped from a far off land, which has packaging to keep it safe in transit and which is going to be far more useful in your life . |
scottbud (1723) | ||
| 75827 | 2005-01-10 08:01:00 | I hope you know that your replying to a thread over 2 years old! :eek: | ~sy~ (95) | ||
| 75828 | 2005-01-10 08:18:00 | Prices in NZ are much higher than other countries because: 1 . There is very little competition 2 . Our population is too small to support importers to bring in larger quantities at lower prices 3 . Wholesalers and retailers mark up their prices at an unreal sense . It is understandable, however . They can break even if they don't 4 . NZ is just too far from other parts of the world! We are somehow, isolated . Bear with it, if you want to live in New Zealand . Be contented with what you are and what you have, or else you are going to be a very miserable person . bk there is more competition in new zealand than anywhere else in the world per population our appliance sector tv's, whiteware, hometheatre etc . is one of the most heavily saturated in the world . America's appliances stores have 50,000 customers per store new zealand has 4,000 Take JVC Micro systems the factory can make 20,000 units a day it takes 4 days to change the factory assembly line from accomodating 110v to 240v and also our am/fm tunning radios (frequency range) but they can fill an entire years orders for both australia and new zealand in two days . can you imagine the cost difference in shutting down a factory for 4 days and trying to spread those overheads over the production capacity of two days . it makes a big difference . Lets take Panasonic New Zealand they buy their tv's from the taiwan manufacturing plant because of the small quantity they have ordered they have negotiated a lower price by buying the products without a warranty (why? because if panasonic had to rely on the plant to do the warranty repair work the end user would have even longer to wait than they do now to get their products faults sorted out) so they then build in the potential cost of warranting the product for 12 months . Also the shipping cost of 2,000 tv's to nz is alot more than 200,000 (bulk discount) tv's to the USA especially when you divide it up between each unit . |
scottbud (1723) | ||
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