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    Could try this site, don't know if they will ship to NZ https://www.bergfreunde.co.uk/lowa-t...QzNjY5MzAxIn0=

    From the FAQ section

    What countries can you deliver to? How much will the shipping costs be?
    The cost of shipping will depend on the delivery destination. We have put together an overview of a variety ofshipping costs. If the country you are looking for is not included in the list, then you will have to order via email. Please send an email with your delivery address and a list of the items you want. We will then get back to you with the shipping costs.
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    That's bullshit, it's a dog eat dog world, if they can't compete then they need to look at another line of business. Out of interest who are the nz distributors? They're going on my naughty list

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst View Post
    That's bullshit, it's a dog eat dog world, if they can't compete then they need to look at another line of business. Out of interest who are the nz distributors? They're going on my naughty list
    Beatiie Matheson?

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    Hopefully this thread didn't let the cat out the bag and we don't have a spy among us

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    Quote Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie View Post
    Hopefully this thread didn't let the cat out the bag and we don't have a spy among us

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    Nah, was also on the other forum

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    Bugger was going to get a pair at the end of the week... might have to look at some Meindls then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lumberjack View Post
    Bugger was going to get a pair at the end of the week... might have to look at some Meindls then.
    Pm me

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    Simple as....will never again buy a LOWA product. If they have sour grapes and that's crap. How about meeting the price and making sales instead of crying about it.

    Will others put up a post on the LOWA NZ facebook page?
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    Well that's shit. So much for the idea of free market capitalism huh? Pretty poor show from Lowa and the NZ distributor can get fucked. Will be writing them an email tomorrow saying "If you think that by preventing a website overseas from shipping here will mean that I'll buy them from you you are out of your mind. Well done, won't be buying anything from Lowa ever again. Nice one, you just cost your supplier a customer, do you want to email them and complain about that or shall I?"

    Kiwi companies are a huge fan of capitalism until it bites them in the arse and then it's not fair.
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    I would if I had facebook, left that thing at the start of the year. What was the reply from the UK agent?

    No doubt the NZ agent is some small man with a bucket of self entitlement.

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    It all went off line about 11pm nz time Monday, the LOWA products started dropping off the site, it got down to one pair of boots and then the LOWA category was removed, so I called the shop in Germany to get the goss, then I posted that bad news on the old green forum... Seems to have gone a little viral...

    Spent a few hours tonight and found several other options to get them out of Europe, there's a lot of inconsistencies for size and colour and WXL is rare in a men's....

    But.... F*ck em, it wasn't easy but I sourced a pair of Tibet GTX WXL in my size tonight from Europe for €199 including shipping ($315nzd)

    If anyone wants a hand with any of the options I found, if they pm me the size they are after and prove they are not connected to a reseller/distributor I'm more than happy to point them in the right direction

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jacobite View Post
    I would if I had facebook, left that thing at the start of the year. What was the reply from the UK agent?

    No doubt the NZ agent is some small man with a bucket of self entitlement.
    They would pass on my concerns to Germany ... but at least its out there also got likes from other countries ... social media is a very effective way of getting a message across and cannot be manipulated like other media such as Murdoch's NEWS Corp .. and NZ TV News channels who are really only mouth pieces for Right leading Governments ...

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    Interesting bit in the national press which relates to this Lowa (and others) bit of anti-competitiveness:

    Warehouse selling Ikea shows the power of parallel importing | Stuff.co.nz

    Particularly relates to this quote from Mark Powell: "The classic area, I would say in New Zealand. is sporting goods ... It's a very controlled channel and I think the prices are higher than they should be."

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    Chances are its happening in other countries as well. Agree on the media as well. Haven't had a reply to either one of my emails yet, I'm half surprised I didn't get one from the kiwi distributor giving me a sob story about his rights and the like. If I do get one I'll be sure to post it here and my reply which will no doubt be a lot more swear words than my original (which featured none).

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    Dont have facebook never have so dont know how it works but wouldnt it be best to complain on Lowas channel/page?

    I am assuming they have one?
    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

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