Originally Posted by
Andy Mac
I know a guy who builds caravans here and tried at one stage to source local supplies of ply and laminate for benchtops. It turned out he can land already laminated (Laminex) oak ply direct from Canada for half the price of ply AND Laminex supplied locally, which he then had to glue together!!:oo: Why would he bother, especially when the ply was pine not oak?
Ditto with power tools like Makita drivers, he buys in boxed sets (with torch and drill etc) for well under the local price of just the driver; and I've already mentioned on another thread that he buys in bulk Robertson style screws for under half the local price.
Groceries are higher priced here than equivelents in NZ, UK, Canada, US etc, and then the big two complain that our local conditions mean we can't be compared!?!:((
It seems to me that Govt. duties plus the cut middlemen take, make prices way too high but are somehow untouchable.
Have a good day!