Quote Originally Posted by Steve4wdin View Post
Last year, my wife went to Rebel to buy a pair of runners. $270.00 Came home, on line, from USA $130.00 Delivered to the door. Same brand and colour. Placed order Tuesday Delivered Friday.
Steve
Don't start me on this one......the bloody manufacturers (Asics I'm talking about you) have now shut down any way of importing sports shoes via online retailers by blocking online retailers from selling to Australia. If you go to order Asics on line from Footlocker in the USA, there is a disclaimer they can't be shipped to Australia. What does our government do about such anti competitive behaviour? Nothing. You can still get some via eBay but I'm a bit dubious of their origin.
Part of the problem lies with real estate trusts and landlords who have such over the top expectations for rent which forces inflated prices to cover the retailers' largest fixed cost. That said, we all have superannuation and if rents and yields went down in the property market, our super would suffer just as it would if the banks weren't making killer profits......
Sorry, ended up sliding a bit off topic there



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