Why is Australia ripped off so much, and we accept it?

[mudski]

Another thing is we all want a pay rise but nobody wants to pay for things made by those same people (us) coz it costs too much to buy.

Thats another thing that annoys me. Young kids expect to get paid the bigger dollars when they just come out of school. How about working hard for your dollar, work your way up the corporate ladder, rather than expecting to get paid more to do little. That annoys me more than the OP's post. But thats another rant/ story.

[taslucas]

another thing is we all want a pay rise but nobody wants to pay for things made by those same people (us) coz it costs too much to buy.

It's like everybody wants the big $$$$ but nobody wants to pay for the goods or the taxes to pay for those $$$

don't start me coz i'll have to get up on my soap box, but suffice to say it can't continue.


“the best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.” - albert einstein

spot on mate

[threedogs]

Now lets flip the coin and say you get what you want, what will you/me complain about next

[GQPorkroll]

Mudski, it may be different in a rural area, or store to store. I know I've seen advertised in NSW rural, at least, $15 fitting and occasionally in a catalogue it will say $10 fitting, but I've never seen $2.

Yes, you are probably right, it was more than likely for a wiper arm as opposed to a blade, but it comes to product knowledge. I know that on that car, I can swap blades over easily enough. And $35 for a wiper arm is excessive when ours, plus our competition are no dearer than $20 each, as the sales rep keeps tabs on all prices so no one is undercutting each other and costing him sales.

No idea with the filter. The girl said it looked the same, was the same part number, same coloured box, etc, and had the same name on it. Our oil filter was a good $15 cheaper also, but it was a different brand.

Re the chips, I know what you mean, I'm looking to buy a dash pod for my GQ. The company who makes them won't do our store a cheaper price than what they sell them to the public for and their price hasn't dropped, it's increased over years. Once they make the template there's no more cost involved and labor time is minimal. It's also an extra $20 from memory for a DIN hole and $5 for a switch hole to be cut. They would have sold a hell of a lot more if the price was a lot cheaper, however, if you're the only person with the product you can set your price.

[NP99]

Good luck having the pimple kid fit anything?...

[taslucas]

The wiper fitting at my local sc is $2. Thats in Burnie, tas and it's damn rural hahahaha

FanTapstic!

[GQPorkroll]

Damn right, not even in Australia, lol.

Dunno. Maybe a staff member just gave her the wrong price, but I have heard several people say they're asking $10 - $15 to fit wipers.

Anyway, neither here nor there, it's a service we choose to do for free, if they want to charge, it's understandable as it takes time and mechanics or dealers will charge.

[jaztaz]

It does get me frustrated because as a country, we're being ripped off and we are happy enough to sit back and do nothing. Car companies are complaining they can't sell a local product, but the government is forcing them to pay unskilled labourers massive amounts to do menial tasks, where as in china they do it for next to nothing. If our wages were in line with the job performed, and the average wage was reduced, people could afford more employees, and make better products.

I'd happily work for 25% of what I'm getting paid now if the cost of living was cut the same amount.

People want/need more money to cover the rising costs of living but then government, big business, etc just put up their rates, prices, etc to take away that extra income.

It's a vicious circle, just like an ar$ehole with teeth.

[MC97GQ]

They cant even pretend up here. We have a good bunch of staff at Repco though.

I have to disagree mate, Repco is getting more like Supercrap everyday, went in to my local Repco to buy exhaust manifold washers, They didn't have a single one.

But if I wanted a plastic model of a V8 engine they had heaps. Once you could walk into Repco and get any part you needed and they were way cheaper than genuine and of the same quality.

Not any more.

Mark

[MC97GQ]

Thats another thing that annoys me. Young kids expect to get paid the bigger dollars when they just come out of school. How about working hard for your dollar, work your way up the corporate ladder, rather than expecting to get paid more to do little. That annoys me more than the OP's post. But thats another rant/ story.

The other problem too is everybody wants it all straight away, when my parents bought their first house it was a fixer upper as that was what they could afford, When they could afford it they moved to a bigger better house. Now people want the MacMansion straight off the bat, mortgage themselves to the hilt then whinge when the interest rates go up.

Anyway that another whole new rant.

Mark