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Australian prices! 19-May-2011 At 9:31:51 AM strerror

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On 18/05/2011 citationx wrote:
>While this is all good and well for people that want to spend $1,500 on
>gear in one hit, my point was that people have probably already made large
>purchases for cams, ropes etc. I'm going to be very general (and include
>many of my own thoughts) but i'm willing to bet that a lot of current climbers
>already have 90% of the gear they need. They probably only need to replace
>a cam here, or a jammed nut there, maybe only a 5-pack of draws, or a new
>beanie. If you were goign to "overhaul" your rakc and gear, then sure,
>go nuts overseas. But i'm not going to go to the effort of replacing my
>number #1 camalot for $15 bucks, especially if i'm in the middle of a climbing
>trip in the gramps...

That's fair enough but a couple of quick points. Firstly I did mention that my purchases were over a few months. Secondly if everyone was in isolation, then your point would make sense, however, I climb with a bunch of other people, so by the time all of us work out what we want / need, it ends up being a reasonable order. Split the cost of shipping 4 ways and it's incredibly cheap. These days even the package forwarders allow you to have additional names on the account for free!