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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:40 pm 
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I bought these from karcraft for $200....these sellers want $330 :shock:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 85717&rd=1

Draw your own conclusions..... :?


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:57 pm 
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Total Agree...I new look at the "Buy it now" add's as they are always overpriced :wink:

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:54 pm 
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keep reminding yourslef..."ITS EBAY"
There are people selling for this much because they know thay actually have a chance to get that ammount. There are ALOT of stupid ebay buyers out there, with more dollars ($) than sence (c)


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Careful fellas - This is a commercial mini business in Adelaide - can't be going and saying anything negative about them or Poeee get's into trouble.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:17 am 
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Im not saying a WORD.




I'll just...... think it. :roll:

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:17 am 
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I disagree. If a business is selling a product at a price which is that much over what they are obviously paying for it people should know about. As consumers there is no reason (other than greed), why there is such a difference in price between the products. I think should be telling each other were the bargains, and where the ripp off merchants are!

I dont know about you, but I would much rather spend the 100 or so dollars profit that that particular business might make on doing something else to my mini, rather than making the businesses wallet fatter!!


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So much for finding Bargains on eBay!! :cry:

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WhoDat wrote:
Careful fellas - This is a commercial mini business in Adelaide - can't be going and saying anything negative about them or Poeee get's into trouble.


:lol: All I said was I bought them MUCH cheaper......and that's the truth. :D


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As you should JAM! Thats what this forum is about, helping out fellow mini owners, and people should know when they are getting ripped off!!
Good on Ya!! :)


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I agree! If I were buying comething for $330 and I could get it elsewhere, exact same item for half that then I expect you guys to tell me! You can certainly expect the same from me in return!

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As I don't want to get Poeee into trouble, I am refraining from publically commenting on this merchant
I will make the general observation that pricing in Adelaide is typically significantly higher than the easteern states for most things mini :(


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Simple way to avoid this is to shop around for the best price! When I was in adelaide I always did and I now have my preffered place to go. If you live in adelaide I suggest you shop around cause some places are significantly cheaper than others!! I cna gaurantee that I am not the only one to discover this, and it amazes me that an item can be 50 to 100 dollars dearer and only be 1km down the road!!


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You have found that too? I agree shop around and you can save quite a bit, but I don't limit myself to just local suppliers, I use interstate and even some UK contacts that come in handy at times.

My point is not that I support any particular supplier or this one in particular [I give no endorsment whatsoever to any - [unless some wealthy merchants out there would like to sponcer my project :lol: ] It is quite ok to say "glowing" things about a business in public, but if on the other hand, you use "derogitory" terms about a business in a public forum then that leaves the owners and operators of the forum [Poeee] in jepody

Any merchant is free to set their own pricing structure. As much as it goes against the whole idea of a public forum to discuss the issue - we find that the libal laws in this country make it difficult [without exposing oneself to litigation] to discuss anything but the positive side of the coin. So hence the warning


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Good on you JAM. I totally agree that if there is a supplier selling the extact same product cheaper then you should be telling us about it. :D

That what forums like this are all about - sharing the knowledge

I always ring up all four Sydney suppliers before I buy anything, then I check the net just in case.

Ebay is fast becoming a big rip off but I guest if I was selling something on there I would want it to go as high as possible even if the price was rediculous. :shock:

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ebay isn't a rip off if someone willingly pays the price on offer.... :? ....AND PEOPLE DO!


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