Thread: Gear shopping - Local vs Offshore - I know...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

now heres a thought out of left field.....let local shop know what price you can get it in from overseas for....and say to them poke a..say$50-100 on top of that and I will buy it off you..... this has always been a "thing" genuine VS aftermarket car parts are a classic for it. chainsaw bits are even more so. but @308 is right if we dont support local little guy.. he wont stay in business and then when you need that pack of primers/couple boxes of .22lr for surprise spotlight mission/etc in a hurry you will be shit out of luck...
30 years ago when I shifted to Timaru we has Falconers field n stream in south end of town,great salmon gear,few reasonable priced guns and good ammunition selection,tiny bit of camping stuff
Buckleys in middle of town...bought by Gary Dix later..lots of good priced guns good ammunition,good fishing stuff and great folks to deal with @Muz257 LOL Bagos was on cnr grey road and elizabeth street...small selection of 2nd hand camping and fishing stuff
then we got a hunting n fishing,Thai n Rita had a TINY shop...no more than 6meters wide and the yhad GREAT prices..... they got bought out and the big store was built...we got another store in washdyke.Davos...Falconers closed when owner passed..Dixs closed not long afterwards,they were in washdyke for a bit so now..we have big Hunting n Fishing and little davos and thats it.... smiths city also USED to have great wee sports section,thats gone now. so we didnt look after little guys and they folded up....

Imagine if you had internet 30 years ago and could check how much those small guys with “great” deals were fleecing you 😂