Thread: It pays to shop around

Bunnings can be pretty expensive at times also!

Evaporative A/C -the motor start capacitor died. Supplied as spare part by the makers, $72 or thereabouts.

$16.95 at JAYCAR, 30 MFD / 450V for the 1,000W motor, biggest model.

I've bought motor start caps at a local electrical retailer for about the same price as Jaycar.

I haven't checked Jaycar as I never thought they'd have them. I see they have a reasonable range. One advantage of the place I went to was the greater range of mounting options, e.g., ones with mounting studs at the end (that's what I needed).

I wish I could think of the name of the place - I can easily find it when driving. I'd better look up Google Maps. Wait!

I'm pretty sure it's Kirby Penrith (Beijer Ref) in Robertson Place.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I haven't checked Jaycar as I never thought they'd have them. I see they have a reasonable range. One advantage of the place I went to was the greater range of mounting options, e.g., ones with mounting studs at the end (that's what I needed).

I wish I could think of the name of the place - I can easily find it when driving. I'd better look up Google Maps. Wait!

You guys are just confirming my earlier post re price increases. There are some Ned Kellys out there & then there are some wise traders.

Ripoffs abound.

Yes when we had our business, Mario did a lot of price checking before he advertised stuff.
We did see some people just go way over the top with there pricing, as we knew what prices they would ruffly paid for these parts as they would have been buying from the same suppliers we did.
So we would add what it cost us with tax and the freight cost we would spread over our shipment of parts and then add a little for us.
We did have some customers saying that they could get it cheaper and would we match the price, and was usually something we would have to buy in special. Looked what it would cost us which was dearer than what the other seller was selling it for.
It could be the other seller was sitting on old stock.
One thing we never did was advertise stuff that we didn't have here, as we own all our stock here.
And if a customer wanted a part we didnt have we would make sure our supplier had it first and we would order it before the person paid.
This was the way Mario ran the business, always thinking of his customers first and not the bottom line. Heather

Originally Posted by 4bee

You guys are just confirming my earlier post re price increases. There are some Ned Kellys out there & then there are some wise traders.

Ripoffs abound.

It's the Ned Kellys who really drive hard the "shop local" line while the wise traders do business.

When I first started buying from Roverlord, I used to check prices. You were always within a few gold coins of the cheapest. With combined postage, probably cheaper. Once a trust had been established I only went to Roverlord, didn't waste time comparing prices.
If Roverlord's prices had been 10% over the competition, it would have been a small price to pay for the exemplary service offered by Roverlord.
Many businesses could learn from Mario's model.