If a price differential of up to $NZ484 for an identical suitcase isn't a rip, then what is.
I bought our OR Goretex jackets from a store here probably much the same as your friends, but not at RRP, on sale, less 35%. I did check off shore prices, but there was nothing in it, so I didn't import.
Discerning buyers aren't the threat to people such as your mate.
The Briscoes / Rebel Sport and Warehouse / Torpedo7 / R n R Sport Groups with their buying power and vertical structures don't seem to be struggling.......
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