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insane gear prices! 14-May-2010 At 11:24:24 AM voodoo

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On 14/05/2010 climbingfool wrote:
>Why is it more expensive here:
>
>Base cost of overseas goods + currency exchange + international shipping
>+ duty + GST + wholesaler's markup + domestic shipping to retailer + GST
>+ retailer's mark up + GST + domestic shipping (possibly, if you order
>online) = final price to customer here.
>
>Adds up real quick.

If your supply-chain logic was the prime reason behind the inflated prices we see here then a particular product would only be cheaper in its country of origin. But this is not the case - there are plenty of US products that are significantly cheaper elsewhere in the world than here, and yet they are subject to the same supply chain costs you outlined.

I think it more likely that the prices we see are more the result of suppliers setting a price according to what a market will bear.