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| Thread ID: 139642 | 2015-06-05 04:06:00 | Buying shoes online from overseas store | tims (10184) | PC World Chat |
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| 1402013 | 2015-06-13 21:58:00 | What we should be doing is sending local retail stores a copy of our purchase invoices or paypal documents etc to show them the prices that they are charging are over the top and to show them the business they are missing out on because of their greed. Yep so they can lobby for law changes to make it illegal for us to buy direct from overseas, or did you expect some other response maybe? Not that I'm denying we get ripped off on some stuff, I'm just cynical that it'll change any time soon. I don't think our local retailers are always the issue, they can't always get the stuff any cheaper themselves and by the time you add tax, shipping, and a profit margin onto it you end up costing a lot more. My parents used to run a dairy and then later a hardware store, we had a standard 50% mark up to make a living on and never got rich off it. In fact the hardware store went bankrupt. Not quite the same but it makes me think not all retailers are gouging their customers. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1402014 | 2015-06-13 23:15:00 | Has anyone tried getting a local retailer to match or come close to an online price. I wouldn't care if their cant match a price but be nice to see them make a effort to be competitive. | plod (107) | ||
| 1402015 | 2015-06-13 23:33:00 | Everyone has to make a living, perhaps more so than ever for our local retailers. They have to compete with trademe importer/sellers, abundance of chinese cheap as chips retailers, clearance type resellers, NZ's online purchasers, flea market sellers, and major discount players - Kmart, Warehouse, Bunnings, etc, and even supermarkets who sell consumer goods. Retail appear to be very competitive, and maybe not worth entering, leaving those that are - perhaps struggling - even after a 7 day week. I note too, that overseas online savings appear to be only for higherpriced/branded/premiuum shoes and clothing from overseas online, unless if buying in massive bulk (e.g. from Alibaba). NZ Budget and mid priced common shoes/clothing - no appreciable savings. I compared a few no. 1 shoe warehouse shoes (which I visted a new store last week (Hunters Plaza) - near empty of shoppers, assesing 40 - 80 dollar mens shoes) with overseas online sites and total prices panned out very similar. But NZ~ $200 Sport shoes (smithssportsshoes.co.nz) (Smiths) - e.g. Brooks about 40 to 50 % savings. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1402016 | 2015-06-14 03:46:00 | I'm after some running shoes and don't want to pay the inflated prices from retail stores here in NZ. I've tried a store on Amazon but they don't ship here. Anyone use or recommend an oversea's online store that will ship to NZ? Thanks Buy from Amazon and use YouShop, that's what I do. www.nzpost.co.nz |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1402017 | 2015-06-14 23:08:00 | Dedicated Retail shops are slowly dissapearing for all the above reasons, being replaced by generic $2 shops , discount (cheap & nasty) shoe stores and The Warehouse . All the shoe stores have gone from local shops around my area . Even the local Farmers Store closed . Plenty of cheap shoes about, I buy hack shoes for $20 from No.1 Shoes or the Warehouse. Work shoes ($100+) , I wait till theres a 50% off Sale .There at least one a year Are shoes still a protected industry in NZ ? Just how are you guys measuring up what size you need. Trying shoes on at local stores then ordering overseas, or just hoping you get the right size ? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1402018 | 2015-06-14 23:27:00 | Buy from Amazon and use YouShop, that's what I do. www.nzpost.co.nz as Pctek metioned, try http://ship2u.co.nz/ - I priced my recent delivery from Youshop and Sip2you's costing would have saved me about $8. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1402019 | 2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Dedicated Retail shops are slowly dissapearing for all the above reasons, being replaced by generic $2 shops , discount (cheap & nasty) shoe stores and The Warehouse . All the shoe stores have gone from local shops around my area . Even the local Farmers Store closed . Plenty of cheap shoes about, I buy hack shoes for $20 from No.1 Shoes or the Warehouse. Work shoes ($100+) , I wait till theres a 50% off Sale .There at least one a year Are shoes still a protected industry in NZ ? Just how are you guys measuring up what size you need. Trying shoes on at local stores then ordering overseas, or just hoping you get the right size ? I use Google Images (goo.gl) (image of sizes) to search for a shoe size conversion table(s). Also I do a search on eBay a few times for shoes, as most sellers include conversion tables from AU. And also the ConvertPad Android App (goo.gl) (Playstore) which has shoe sizes for many countries, and includes centimetres. I base it from AU which is similar for NZ shoe sizes. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1402020 | 2015-06-15 03:47:00 | D Just how are you guys measuring up what size you need. Trying shoes on at local stores then ordering overseas, or just hoping you get the right size ? There is that risk......but there are conversion charts online....google. Some contain the actual ,measurement in inches, cms as well. Measure old ones, then use the chart. That's what I did with mine that I recently ordered. They have arrived, all new and pretty. And man are they tight. Well, actually after re-measuring everything they are the exact size of my old ones, I guess I am so used to the half trashed old ones, the new ones feel tight as there are no gaping holes anyway.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1402021 | 2015-06-15 06:03:00 | If you have a friend overseas, post them cardboard cutouts of your feet (with a sock on) and get them to slide the cutouts into a pair of shoes. No problems every time :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1402022 | 2015-06-15 08:29:00 | Some shoes I would never buy without trying them on such as my tramping boots. Other shoes no problem. | gary67 (56) | ||
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