WHY ARE THE SAME OR SIMILAR ITEMS CHEAPER OVERSEAS?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:12 am
R4LLI4RT wrote:There are alot of factors as to why things are cheaper overseas. traditionally its the simple supply and demand rule, but today we also have market value. Ikea do it, they sell the same furniture in australia as they do over seas but the price can be totally different, they justify by saying that in the usa you can get a similar product so they will charge x amount of dollars for it regardless of the production and shipping cost, but in australia if there isnt alot of other alternatives and similar items are higher in price they will closly match the market price. SHAME SHAME SHAME!
black_ice wrote:^^^ always two sides to the coin! In Singapore an Evo retails for S$180,000 (approx A$160,000). 335i = S$330,000 (approx A$290,000 or US$260,000) Lancer Ralliart = S$155,000 (approx A$136,000) http://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newca ... Code=10776 We should consider ourselves lucky.
ofey wrote:did any of you actually read what was written?
TheVeeMachine wrote:There's a long explanation, and a short one. The short one is that the government only allows manufacturers and their agents to import cars into Australia, no one else (bar some private imports that can only be brought in under stringent rules). This means that we have no alternatives, and have to buy up whatever limited supply Australia is allocated by the global head offices, leading to almost year long wait times for the latest performance vehicles, at prices sometimes double (and occasionally triple) of those in other developed countries. Its a horrible system that has a small chance of changing soon.
Beeble wrote:well now that we have NO local car industry soon.... the govt shouldnt need to protect something that doesnt exist so the import duty on vehicles will be abolished right? ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA