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| Thread ID: 119655 | 2011-08-03 02:07:00 | All Black jersey prices | Cptn Hotshot (3904) | PC World Chat |
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| 1220655 | 2011-08-03 02:07:00 | Interesting article www.nzherald.co.nz I had done my homework prior to this being highlighted and already had an order with rugbystore.co.uk where there price does not include VAT. Total cost for 2 jerseys (including shipping) was little more than the cost of one jersey from a NZ retailer. The interesting part of the article is the bit "The price we set in New Zealand is relative to the local market and the price in which they pay overseas is largely driven against currency fluctuation which has changed quite significantly over the last couple of years". That is the benefit of the internet ... prices elsewhere are transparent and that enables the consumer to make a choice. One can argue that the NZ market is being fleeced big time and if consumers chose to buy elsewhere then that should tell the seller locally that there prices are too high ... because the alternatives to buy the same product elsewhere are cheaper if one wants to pursue that. As to the bit about Mr Huggett confirmed that some overseas websites are being investigated to see if they were breaking a cross-border agreement which stops them from selling to New Zealand residents.surely smells of price fixing. |
Cptn Hotshot (3904) | ||
| 1220656 | 2011-08-03 02:18:00 | NZ WRC representatives = Ratbags | Scouse (83) | ||
| 1220657 | 2011-08-03 05:28:00 | The greedy pr!cks have left me totally uninterested in the game. It has just become too commercial. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1220658 | 2011-08-03 05:53:00 | Hmm, in the article the head of adidas in NZ says "If you go back two years ago the cost of the All Blacks jersey was cheaper here in New Zealand, and a lot of the New Zealand retailers were getting a lot of off-shore business of consumers of overseas markets purchasing over here." And then has the cheek to say "They are one of the retailers who I've spoken to my counterparts in the UK and the US on the number of examples that were up yesterday to further continue the investigation and under our cross-border agreement they have the right to ship products within their border but not overseas and we're certainly taking that very seriously because we want to support New Zealand retailing. Surely he the retailers can't have it both ways? And their wonder why we spend our money overseas |
plod (107) | ||
| 1220659 | 2011-08-03 06:12:00 | Rugby sucks... end of story. | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1220660 | 2011-08-03 08:15:00 | I can't understand what the fuss is all about.:illogical Why would you want to spend that much money on a football jersey? So it's an All Black jersey. So what? Surely you have better things to spend your money on? | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1220661 | 2011-08-03 09:07:00 | Rugby fans... 'nuff said :p ;) | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1220662 | 2011-08-03 09:16:00 | I can't understand what the fuss is all about.:illogical Why would you want to spend that much money on a football jersey? So it's an All Black jersey. So what? Surely you have better things to spend your money on? Have a look around your house, I am sure there are many things in there worth more than $200 that I would think was a waste of money. I will wait and buy the special edition jersey with RWC2011 World Champions emblazoned on it. |
sam m (517) | ||
| 1220663 | 2011-08-03 09:22:00 | Heard on talk-back (not a reliable source) that these Jerseys could be costing the NZ retailer about $55 dollars from a wholesaler. Maybe freight, GST and other costs needs to be taken into account. Quite a markup involved. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1220664 | 2011-08-03 09:23:00 | I will wait and buy the special edition jersey with RWC2011 World Champions emblazoned on it. And which team is that going to be.:devil |
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