Thread: PRICE INCREASE

Originally Posted by tetawa

Hasn't taken long for the sports retailers to start warning of price increases with the $ dropping, didn't see any price reductions when the $ was up in the 80's.

Its pretty easy to work out, look at the US price divide it by 0.64 or 0.65, then chuck $20-60 USD on for freight. whack on GST at 15% + $40-50 for customs duties & then freight from the wholesaler & there you have it.

That's assuming the Kiwi Wholesaler or Retailer can cope with the generally much smaller margins the Guys in the States work on & that's got a lot to do with volume, 319 million VS 4.5 million people, not that hard to do the Math...

Yep we pay through the nose for some stuff for sure....

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Its pretty easy to work out, look at the US price divide it by 0.64 or 0.65, then chuck $20-60 USD on for freight. whack on GST at 15% + $40-50 for customs duties & then freight from the wholesaler & there you have it.

That's assuming the Kiwi Wholesaler or Retailer can cope with the generally much smaller margins the Guys in the States work on & that's got a lot to do with volume, 319 million VS 4.5 million people, not that hard to do the Math...

Yep we pay through the nose for some stuff for sure....

Yip somethings are over priced but thats the exception not the rule

Costs a lot to get stuff into the country to sell on.
Shitload cheaper to import personally.

Originally Posted by 199p

Yip somethings are over priced but thats the exception not the rule

Costs a lot to get stuff into the country to sell on.
Shitload cheaper to import personally.

Yep for sure.

A lot of stuff Guys just don't see or realise, Export permits, CC, brokers, Bio security, customs fees, etc etc, then the bloody dollar drops even more...

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Yep for sure.

A lot of stuff Guys just don't see or realise, Export permits, CC, brokers, Bio security, customs fees, etc etc, then the bloody dollar drops even more...

Yeah mate
I got these tshirts i import
The last lot cost us about $3nz to purchase but by the time they got to the clothing rack they cost $16

Originally Posted by 199p

Yeah mate
I got these tshirts i import
The last lot cost us about $3nz to purchase but by the time they got to the clothing rack they cost $16

Yep so by the time your sold them for $25 you were a robbing bustard.... well you would be if you sold 150 perday for three months......