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    Overpriced camping stuff

    Have you noticed how items specifically for camping cost a lot more than stuff for the home.

    I was at a major camping equipment (South American snake) store this morning killing time whilst my wife was in Petbarn. I wandered through the cooking section and was amazed how prices have changed.

    A whistling kettle at $35 - I saw an almost identical one in Aldi an hour later for $9.95

    Wok burner cast gas rings used to be quite cheap, I thought I'd get one. Not now - $160

    I've lost/mislaid my small cast iron dutch oven. It cost me $30. Now they are $120. I'm not buying another. The small one must be in the garage somewhere!

    20+ years ago when I was setting up with pots, etc. camping stuff was over priced so I bought kitchen stuff instead. I needed some stainless billy cans so I got a set of three stackable stainless steel canisters for under $10. I pop-rivetted a couple of brackets onto each and made a wire handle for each. I'm still using them. My frypans are ones my wife has replaced.
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    double the price again if it has an ARB sticker on it

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    Couple of Travel Buddy ovens on ebay one at $3130.50 plus freight another at $4110.40 You would think it would be free freight at that price

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner View Post
    Couple of Travel Buddy ovens on ebay one at $3130.50 plus freight another at $4110.40 You would think it would be free freight at that price
    Yes notice one of these, one assume an error when posting.....but ya never know somebody might cough up the dollars.

    Mine arrived two weeks ago for a fraction of the cost.

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    The snake and kat stores are overpriced, Ron check out snowy's for a dutch oven spun or cast.
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    Yep see it over and over again.
    Whilst you do get what you pay for there are a lot of exceptions and depends on use.
    A good example is a cheaper 4x4 and camping supplier.
    As an example I have a name brand awning and it has had a few repairs, for a third of the name brand price I bought my son a cheaper brand and guess what it is as good if not better. Same with spotties everyone harping how much better their $1000 to $1500 LED 9" spotties are. Well the $160 Chinese imports throw as good a light out and so far over 2 years out of them, at the price difference I would be happy to replace them every 2 years let alone if I hit a roo.
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    Retailers are allowed by consumer law to ask whatever they think they can get away with, all the stores check each others prices and set similar levels, so not much competition.
    You can thank Paul Keating for that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rover-56 View Post
    Retailers are allowed by consumer law to ask whatever they think they can get away with, all the stores check each others prices and set similar levels, so not much competition.
    You can thank Paul Keating for that.
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    Prices can vary by a large margin so they don't set similar prices, bcf and rays have the same owners yet the exact item is priced differently in each chain.
    Snake have their own brand so that price matching isn't possible - smart move NY them, and kat are just way overpriced for the Chinese made stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rover-56 View Post
    Retailers are allowed by consumer law to ask whatever they think they can get away with, all the stores check each others prices and set similar levels, so not much competition.
    And these are the same shops that cry when you don’t shop local because they are too expensive and lobbied to have GST applied to all imports to make their inflated prices more competitive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner View Post
    Couple of Travel Buddy ovens on ebay one at $3130.50 plus freight another at $4110.40 You would think it would be free freight at that price
    They price them like that when they aren't in stock and cannot supply
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