Anyone know of any of the Maui or mainland US shops that actually take international orders? The major Maui shops don't seem to.
With the dollar the way it is, I'm keen to grab a new harness among a few other things.
Would prefer to get it locally but the US prices are more than $100 cheaper, so no contest.
Thanks Donk. Have googled all the known shops. However, they either don't have facilities to order anything, or if they do, state that they don't ship overseas.
Perhaps they are not aware that their dollar is going down the toilet and people are chomping at the bit to throw some money their way.
For example, if you click on the Shipping Information page for the Naish Maui store, you get this (and I mean exactly this):
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Seriously, WTF is that?? Does Rainman work for Naish now?
I think there is a company in the states where you buy the item and send it to them, then they ship it anywhere in the world. Can't bloody remember what their name is.
Keep searching qwerty, you will get there.
Just buy local and support the industry that supports you in your area. Besides the after sales service wil be better
I'm fairly sure the crew at neil pryde maui will ship gear, just send them an email, they're pretty flexible.
To be honest, by the time you add the shipping cost (+ insurance or take the risk). There won't be much of a difference in price.
You are better off visitng your local shop and doing a bit of negotiation on price.
Or better still, with the price of air fares and great Au$, go to maui for 10 days, do some sailing and a lot of shopping, win win!
Hi guys,
Did you know that seabreeze only exists because local.. Australian.. businesses advertise here? Without them, the site would not exist.
Like a country town, if you buy your petrol in another district, pretty soon your own district won't have its own petrol station. Local competitions fierce enough to ensure that prices are as competitive as possible.
Please shop locally, support your local businesses.
Out of respect for the businesses that do support seabreeze and make this forum viable, can I ask that you don't post/promote overseas purchasing deals in these forums.
Rant over
@ flckyspinny
What a load of BS !!! $8 an hour? the minimum wage in uk is about 6GBP the actual cost to an employer is estimated to be on average 2.5 times this once they have covered national insurance and employers tax contributions, compulsory sick leave and holiday entitlement etc
That's typically ( based on minimum wage) about 15 pounds an hour, based on current exchange rate is about $23 an hour. Wages and benefits across the European union are comparable to Australia, worse for employers who in France for example have to give employees more than 30 days annual leave, up to 36 days a year sick leave.
The cost of employing an Australian is no more than employing a Brit, frenchy, german and so on. So pull the otherone please it plays a tune!
Maybe he is quoting the price of EU labour (eastern uropean labour)...
I worked on a construction site there a few years ago And most of the workers were migrants from the east.. the funiest piece toilet graphitti I've ever seen was written above the bog roll. It said, "polish passports, please take one" hehhe.
No disrespect I love you polskies :)
Anyway before those links were taken down I browsed the sites listed. Prices did not seem to be much cheaper than here. Perhaps sails from some brands were cheaper by a fair margin but you can usually get those sails for a good price if you buy last year (this years) model.
This subject has been discussed in length in another thread, however I would say the biggest factor in our local pricing is the volume of sales, or lack off.
If you can sell 10,000 boards a year you can afford to operate on a lower margin then someone that sells 2,000 / year.
The size of market and volumes in the US or UK would have to be significantly higher than OZ, probably 10 fold or more.
So the more we buy from OS the more we support current or increased local pricing. Worst case is, we lose the option of buying locally.
all seems a bit hypocritical. retailers say we should support local retailers... but walk into a shop and literally everything in there is imported.
it's normal practise for retailers to import goods to cut save money and preserve their profit margins, why is it any different when consumers do the same thing?
there is a fair few aussie board manufacturers out there now... how come the local shops don't support their local manufacturers?
Gotta be impressed if anyone is sailing gear from the US.
What you pay in import duty you would save in an airfare ?
I imagine the problem with gear from the US is that being left hand drive it takes a while to get used to, especially the footstesps which are the opposite way round.
I was in Maui last year in August and the cost of buying a harness over there was so much cheaper than here it was a no brainer. Having said that the cost of boards and sails (the actual hardware) was pretty close to what it is here. I would rather buy my stuff from my local cause we get not only decent rates, but also the personal service that comes with it.
Dr J is right the actual hard numbers would say the costs of employing some one here is the same as the EU. He hasnt taken into account the fact that if you are moving a ****load of gear your buying rate will be better and your commodity costs (staff) will actually be amortised across a heap more gear. Surfing, especially clothing, works on 100% margin and no one seems to be whinging about them on here.
Wow amazed this post hasn't been pulled!
Google. UPS. Stay under $1k. Your risk if you buy a board...
Well, a lot of post has been deleted...
Like I said in a post that has been deleted. All gear or almost all gear are made in Thailand, China, closer to Oz than mainland america...how come it's a lot cheaper ?
