Why are parts so overpriced in Australia?

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Originally Posted by 123rover50

I was just looking at prices in the UK for a clutch kit for a 200 tdi Disco.
$130 plus $123 freight comes to $253 . This is about the same price as I can get it from British Off Road.
Yet I read posts from people that get stuff to their door in 4 days from the UK at a cheaper price. I dont get it. Even little things I buy on ebay take over a week to get here.

Didiman

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Depends on your parcel service mate. DHL and UPS both do it in that time frame for a very small premium on the price. I bought a couple small items from Daniel at Mulgo, who as always provided excelent service and had it in the post the next morning. I also bought 2 complete service kits for the Puma from the UK and paid $3.10 extra for the next level up delivery option on UPS.

3 days later I had the service kits delivered to my door (note where I live), but after 2 weeks the parcel from Mulgo had not arrived. After a host of e-mails and phone calls we finally established that the local parcel service damaged the bar code on the parcel, sent it back to origin, left it lying around for a while and eventually resent it. I received it 17 days after ordering. Now, this was no fault of Daniel's at all who in fact offered me a partial reimbursement on the shipping after he did all in his power to help me trace the parcel! The select (and reasonaby short) list of excelent local retailers we deal with has to deal with delivery service like that which in turn does them no favours.

My Puma bits took 5 days to get from the UK to Perth,half way around the world yet took 6 days to get from Perth to Newman,and both bars were damaged in Oz. Pat

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Originally Posted by sanderm2

A major UK online seller sells a Britpart heavy duty clutch kit for approx $75 plus freight for a 200Tdi.

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Are you allowed to tell us which one.?

I'm not allowed to tell you that I sell heavy duty clutches.. Whoops...! :p

Land Rover parts I have sent by courier is normally there within 5 days. Royal Mail can take up to 3 weeks! One thing worth remembering is that most couriers won't deliver to a P.O. box.

g'day just my 2 cents worth,some of you no doubt have looked at land rover magazines from the uk,there are quite a few different titles.now these magazines are full of advertisments for land rover parts ,pages and pages of them,firms like paddock,rimmer bros ,etc and dozens of smaller ones they send parts to every country on the planet .these firms are not mum and dad concerns,so i would suggest it is economy of scale,NO local firm can compete with them especially with the current exchange rate.
i wonder,say if a uk resident owned a holden commodore what he would pay for a part compared to what we would pay here in aus,if the boot was on the other foot so to speak.there is no good bleating about the cost of parts they are what they are and nothing is going to change it ,it might change if the exchange rate changes significantly,but anybody importing at the moment is having a pretty good trot.so the bottom line is if you want a part urgently,say today or tomorrow buy locally if you can wait a week buy from the uk,quite simple......cheers

All of those companies started out as mom and dad concerns, however, and I doubt they grew to their current size by putting a 200% markup on the parts they sell. I also doubt that they are as big as people imagine!

Out of interest, Demon Tweeks, who are one of the biggest UK supplier of race car and "go faster" parts (and therefore probably far bigger than any Land Rover specialist) employs about 130 people. ARB, according to their own blurb, employ more than 700..........

Dingocroft, who export all over the world from the UK, is run from a tiny shop with a handful of employees. But they'll sell a suspension bump stop for about $4 plus shipping, whilst it will cost you $35 over here.... from a company that is probably far bigger! (Note; I have no connection with Dingocroft, but I used to live just down the road from them).

If anybody wants any service kits or clutches, then I might swap one for a nice XB Falcon Coupe. They're not expensive, are they? :p

Remember, markup is normally on a sliding scale. For example, a 100% markup on a £2.50 item is £2.50 profit. With a £600 winch, making 100% markup would be excessive so the percentage comes down.

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Originally Posted by Terrain Vehicles

If anybody wants any service kits or clutches, then I might swap one for a nice XB Falcon Coupe. They're not expensive, are they? :p

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Personally I'd rather have a clutch kit!

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Originally Posted by sanderm2

And I presume this retailer has all the overheads of any other Australian based business ???
It just shows that retailers can still make a profit on smaller margins but greed plays a big part .

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Maybe, maybe not, but all the UK retailers have similar overheads just like ours. These retailers should only be paying wholesale prices for items, so they should be getting them a lot cheaper than the advertised UK retail price anyway. Yes overheads and freight play a part but I am sorry when you are being slugged 700% more for an item that retails for $2 in the UK compared to $15 here that is just a joke. $5 maybe but $15, well if that is what the overheads dictate this company probablly wont survive the next downturn.
It is about time some of these companies came into the 21st century and realised people just are not going to take this kind of **** anymore.