Plano 797 from USA
Just a heads up for anyone looking to buy a tackle box or any other big ticket items. I was looking at buying the Plano 797 FTO Elite Tackle Box to use as my main tackle storage. It comes with 7 Plano waterproof trays inside which I will use as day boxes on the tinnie or kayak.
Anyway, BCF had it for $230 which seemed a bit steep, especially considering that they go for $90 in the US. Ended up ordering it from BassProShops website. International delivery was a bit steep at $40 but still only $130 altogether so little over half local price. Arrived in about a week and I'm well pleased with it.
The shipping cost is worked out as a percentage of the order total (minmum $40 though), and if I had been thinking straight I would have ordered some lures and other small bits and pieces at the same time to make it even more worth while. (Rapala X-Raps from $9!)
strike_zone
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AND YOU WONDER WHY ALL OUR LOCAL SHOPS ARE CLOSING
dont be a tight arse and shop local
hlokk
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Or the shops could stop
Or the shops could stop gouging so much?
Besides, most people here are pretty anti-big conglomerate shops anyways :p
snappermiles
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firstly i wouldnt buy from bcf
they are rip off merchants! and if you had of went into one of our local stores you would have got a better price than bcf and you would have had your lifetime warranty!
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hillinb
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Easy Easy
Slow down, Not everyone can get into the shops, I shop online because I spend too much time away and when I'm back I don't get afforded the luxury of getting to go shopping during Banker's hours.
You know what would be great...... A local fishing shop with a "decent" online catalogue.
strike_zone
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bankers dont work late nights and weekends
plenty of time to get in
hillinb
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Actually bankwest was open
Actually bankwest was open til 9:00pm last time I was there , but the local tackle shop wasn't doing late thursday nights.
Not everybody has got your job mate.
dkonig82
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I think you mean bank
I think you mean bank tellers
Not bankers
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
big john
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Nice work tigerfish. Picked up a bit of gear myself over the years from basspro. Gotta love the global economy.
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sea-kem
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It's a no brainer guys buying
It's a no brainer guys buying gear online. Sadly the locals will suffer but need to reinvent themselves a bit.
Love the West!
Likc
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If something goes for $90 in
If something goes for $90 in the US or anywhere and they still make a profit on it, why should one buy locally for $230? No one would have a problem to pay $130 locally in this case. Problem is we were getting ripped off in the shops too much for too long. This goes across the shops you can start from Ikea and finish with Woolworth.
Billcollector
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Reality is you went to BFC to
Reality is you went to BFC to check out the product and select the item that you wanted. Rent and staff time provided by Bfc or any other tackle store for that matter. Did you pay them for that knowing full well you are going to jump on the net and import it yourself. Add import tax then add gst plus staff costs etc.
Rent, Wages and general cost of living in the states is a totally different ball game to Aust not to mention the stuffed state of the Us economy where businesses are running on close to zero margins and interest rates are also considerably lower than ours. If you reckon our local tackle stores are too dear why are so many of them closing down? May as well go broke sitting on a beach than working your arse off behind a counter serving window shoppers.
UncutTriggerInWA
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I'm the mug
I just spent $89.00 for a Plano 758 tackle box at K-Mart because I thought it was cheap. And it is really.. Australian E-bay for $109.00. Amazon.com @ US$40.00 with free shipping to members.
Perhaps one problem here is a thing called GST. The main problem though I agree is margins imposed by retailers. Economy of scale is also an issue for small retailers and the only way that can be resolved is if the retailers come up with a business plan to compete. One sure way of doing that is to allow people to shop with them online. I don't buy the arguement that locals will close if we don't stop shopping online. I buy all my car componets online. Why??? Because it's a LOT cheaper than that Prick Alf Barbagello will sell them to me. But then again, he doesn't need my business.
Vince.
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Likc
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You are right that the cost
You are right that the cost of running a shop is higher here, but still. Import duty is generally 5% (max 10%) GST 10% $90 + 15% =$ 103.5 As a shop, you probably get it cheaper than $90 to start with, but let say that the item is for $110 at your shop. To whack 110% on the top is greed, if you ask me.
hlokk
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And thats them buying the
And thats them buying the US retail price, not retail wholesale price!
Though one problem is some items may not have much markup from the retailers, but their wholesale price is more expensive than you can get an individual item from the US for retail then sent over individually by airmail. When getting a single unit sent airmail from a US retailer is cheaper than the wholesale price, something crap is going on.
strike_zone
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you have no idea on markups
when you have no clue on what markups shops use you should keep your silly comments to yourself no shop will put 110% on something more than a couple of dollars you are under some kind of illusion if you think thats happening the fact is everything is cheaper in the us for various reasons aust retailers have to buy there stock from the local suppliers so you can recieve your warranty and so they dont get done for paralell importing plus there are the rest of the costs that go with running a local business it aint cheap and by the way barbagellos is prob not a good example he has that market pretty much stitched up himself with no competition
UncutTriggerInWA
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No idea?
I do manage a business and quite a large one. I don't sell fishing toys, I sell services so try that one for size and please don't call my comments silly. I do understand your situation very well and I do try to support local but at the end of the day I only have so much money and I want lots of toys
Vince.
Work smart and fish often.
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hillinb
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Took your advice today, been
Took your advice today, been to some locals, same reel I am looking for..... $200 in one $369 in the next. Exactly the same reel.......Odd hey?
I'd like to know the cost/Mark Ups and margins on that little situation hey.
Likc
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Yeah, some shops mark stuff
Yeah, some shops mark stuff up even more than 110%. And we all know that. :) (not talking specifically only about fishing gear) Also golden rule for importers from China/Asia. If we can’t sell it here for at least 4times more than we buy it there, we are not interested…
Grunter
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I am not aiming this at the small tackle outlets
but other retailers do mark the price up to cover the overheads and to make a living which we all work to do.But there is also a thing called" supplier rebates".So when the retailer drops the price by a few dollars some of us have the feeling we are being looked after.In my experience those rebates from the supplier to the retailer are up to 16% of the total $ value of the order ex gst of goods purchased from the supplier, so when the retailer drops his selling price to us these rebates are not affected .I am talking from experience selling merchandise to the hardware and camping industry for many previous years.Cost of product $100.00 rebate at 16% = base cost of $84.00 sell price $143.00 including gst all of us can work out the gross profit.
chris raff
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Profitable Independant Retailers
are dying a slow death thats the way it is , unless established with low overheads and with a good customer base...really it's a no brainer the majority of punters will want to pay less especially for known pruduct ...retail will have to evolve selling online relying on larger turnover with less margins ...there's some business's doing very well, importing direct, storing in garages and selling online ...thats just the way it's going
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fisherking
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IT'S MY MONEY & I'LL SPEND IT
IT'S MY MONEY & I'LL SPEND IT ANY WAY I CHOOSE.
& I have my wifes permission to say so.
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KEN_DOG
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You may aswell have bought
You may aswell have bought the tackle box online, then walked in to your local and just given him a $50 note, your still saving a packet and fulfilling your apparent "obligation" to support the local guy........