Thread: Aulro Vendors

I suppose the closest area would be the wanted section

When the vendors start giving prices at least somewhat close to what I can buy from overseas, I will GLADLY buy from them.

Example: intercooler from England including shipping $700. Local $1200 not including shipping.

Tree sliders from England made to my specs including shipping $600. Local $1000 not including shipping.

I could go on and I am sure there are others that can add to this endless list.

I do contact various vendors here and when the price is close I do buy and I want to support local (Australian) but not when there is evidence of prices in our great country not only for land rover parts, but many items, being inflated because of an array of excuses - there has been several exposé shows on tv revealing that an item produced overseas sells for many times the price in oz than anywhere else, Ikea is a good example.

In defence of some vendors here, I have contacted them and discussed prices and agreement has been reached, but when it can't, I go overseas. I want value for my hard earned, not ripped off.
But I do support your idea, maybe it's a step towards getting some fairer pricing in oz, at least for Aulro members anyway.

Edit: Just further to that, what about an area where we can post prices we paid for something, that way everyone knows and when contacting vendors (who can also read this) know what they have to match to get our business.
Prices only, no vendor details in fairness. If someone wants to know where, they pm. This will promote competition.
This area can be separated into engine, body, accessories etc and maybe a set format, like fill in a form?
Also maybe just add overseas, or local.
Just a thought.

Cheers
Kev

Originally Posted by bigkevg

Edit: Just further to that, what about an area where we can post prices we paid for something, that way everyone knows and when contacting vendors (who can also read this) know what they have to match to get our business.
Prices only, no vendor details in fairness. If someone wants to know where, they pm. This will promote competition.
This area can be separated into engine, body, accessories etc and maybe a set format, like fill in a form?
Also maybe just add overseas, or local.
Just a thought.

Cheers
Kev

Sounds like a good idea to me.
I to dont like to be ripped off but if someone in oz has good customer service and is within around the same ball park then payng more is resonable

Originally Posted by Sparksdisco

Sounds like a good idea to me.
I to dont like to be ripped off but if someone in oz has good customer service and is within around the same ball park then payng more is resonable

x2 - sounds like a plan!

the difference between ikea in sweden and ikea in australia is it is 10% more expensive here.
I have often thought about starting a business of importing large amount of land rover parts from england in shipping containers to here and then selling them for a small profit but I dont think I really have the time or money to do that and in the ned I will probably be left with heaps of stock and end up no further ahead for my trouble

Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

the difference between ikea in sweden and ikea in australia is it is 10% more expensive here.
I have often thought about starting a business of importing large amount of land rover parts from england in shipping containers to here and then selling them for a small profit but I dont think I really have the time or money to do that and in the ned I will probably be left with heaps of stock and end up no further ahead for my trouble

Whilst this is not an ikea forum it is about pricing....
There was an exposé a little while ago, an item, I cannot remember what it was, was made in Sweden(is that ikea home base), shipped by sea, the same ship dropped some in oz and the rest in the US.
The price in home base was equal to about $80 if I remember correctly, the price in the US was $80, but the price here, remember it came on the same ship, was something like $180......I can't remember the exact price, I'm sure someone else saw the show, 60 minutes I think.....

Now that is slightly more than 10% difference. BTW, Ikea made no comment from what I remember...

There was a piece in our local paper here in Perth about pricing in oz, we are known around the world as a "soft touch" when it comes to pricing, everyone knows we will pay....

Cheers
Kev

the prices have changed quite abit since I first got back as then pretty much everything was 10% different I just had a look on the 2 websites then a few things were cheaper here then in sweden( yes it is the home base of ikea, but a lot fo the are not made in sweden).
Ikea is big in australia but it is not that big so maybe that may have something to do with the prices it also depends on what item it is

Back to the OP i have been thinking about it and it is a great idea it could also lead to group buys or help finding the cheapest price because as we all know the prices on land rover bits change a lot from country to country and from shop to shop